Women Entrepreneurs Pitch Competition 2026

Female-founded startups and SMEs pitch live to a panel of four investors — Katherine Hill of Mercia Ventures, Ayesha Kotecha of RandalSun Capital, Nigel Hall of The Digital Consigliere and Craig McVoy of Turnkey — in front of an audience of investors and founders. The panel names a "One to Watch" and an overall winner, and the evening closes with a networking session with angel investors and VCs. Also speaking: Professor Deb Leary OBE of Forensic Pathways, Henrietta Brealey of the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, Fran Williams of The Calmness Crew, and Harinder Kunor of NatWest Accelerator. Free, 17:00 to 20:00, delivered with NatWest. The venue is published only as "GBCC Venue TBC", so with no address and no stated location-on-registration arrangement it cannot go on the city page yet.