HOW IT WORKS
Founder-led. Friend-powered.
CFFN is an agile connective layer that activates the space between existing programmes, institutions, and capital across Cambridge. We bring together two essential groups: both with a voice, both contributing.
FOR WOMEN BUILDING COMPANIES
Founder
Women building companies who want a home base for collaboration, community, and practical support, across every stage of founder-ship.
FOR INVESTORS, MENTORS AND SUPPORTERS
Friend
Investors, mentors, advisors, operators, and ecosystem supporters who help startups thrive. The people who want to help founders succeed.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
What we believe
CFFN runs on reciprocity. When you receive support, members commit to paying it forward.
Collaboration, not competition
We believe in creating as many seats at the table as people who want to sit there. Together we are stronger.
For founders, by founders
As founders we're closest to the problem, so we're best positioned to fix it. We broker solutions between founders and the people who want to support them.
You get out what you put in
If you seek help, you also help others. Everyone contributes at the level they want. Pay it forward: when you need support, someone will be there for you too.
The journey should have joy
Meritocracy doesn't mean making the journey as hard as possible to see who survives. It's about providing resources and seeing what founders do with them.
PROGRAMMING
How We Work
From curated dinners to 1:1 connections, every activity is deliberately designed to catalyse collaboration and create purposeful connections across Cambridge's innovation network.
01
Socials
Dinners, supper clubs, and working sessions to build peer connections across stages and sectors. This is where you'll find your people.
02
Intensives
Expert-led bootcamps catalyse founders through challenges across commercial, funding and leadership. A resource that can be utilised again and again.
03
1:1
Personalised introductions and office hours to connect you to the wider membership: friends who are service providers, investors and mentors who want to back you and see you win.
04
Ongoing Support
Touch points in between events ensure you get the support you need when you need it most. This includes but isn't limited to community pods, CFFN-led mentoring, and safeguarding.
FOR WOMEN BUILDING COMPANIES
Founder Membership
CFFN is built around five pillars: Community, Commercial, Funding, Leadership, and Safeguarding, and your membership tier shapes how deeply you engage with each one. Explorer includes the Community pillar; Member and Fellow include all five.
Explorer
Get started
Free
Pillar: Community
✓ CFFN WhatsApp community
✓ Access to open community events (~5/term)
✓ CFFN newsletter & updates
Member
Full access
£150 /year
Pillars: (all) Community, Commercial, Funding, Leadership, Safeguarding
✓ Everything in Explorer
✓ All CFFN events: dinners, workshops, roundtables, and Labs
✓ Office hours, warm introductions, funding deck reviews
Fellow
Shape CFFN
£375 /year
Pillars: (all) Community, Commercial, Funding, Leadership, Safeguarding
✓ Everything in Member
✓ Fellows-only dinners
✓ Featured on the CFFN website
✓ Leadership role in shaping CFFN
Join now and your rate is locked in for as long as your membership is active.
HOW IT WORKS, IN PRACTICE
Four ways CFFN shows up for Founder members, day to day.
01
Founder Community
A peer network of women building companies: WhatsApp, events, and everyday connection.
02
Friend Connections
Warm introductions to investors, mentors, and service providers, matched to what you need, when you need it.
03
Knowledge intensives
The Commercial Lab, The Raise Lab, and The Leadership Lab: full-day programmes built around the three central pillars.
04
Safeguarding support
Protocols and a point of contact that keep the community safe, so founders can be open and take real risks.
FOR INVESTORS, MENTORS & PROVIDERS
Friend Membership
Friends are the people who help founders thrive. Membership follows the same three tiers as Founders, and you'll also choose the type that best describes how you show up.
Explorer
Get started
Free
✓ CFFN newsletter & updates
✓ Access to open community events
✓ Listed as a CFFN Friend
Member
Full access
£295 /year
✓ Everything in Explorer
✓Warm founder introductions matched to your type
✓Invitations to closed roundtables and Labs
Fellow
Shape CFFN
£950 /year
✓ Everything in Member
✓Recognition as a strategic partner across CFFN communications
✓A leadership role in shaping CFFN's Friend programme
YOUR TYPE
Alongside your tier, tell us how you want to show up.
Mentor
Service Provider
Investor
Other
PARTNERS
Interested in involving your organisation too?
Email admin@cambridgefemalefounders.com to receive more information today.