Co-Founder, Lifted Ventures

Helen Oldham is a Co Founder of Lifted Ventures. Their mission is to increase the flow of early stage capital to regional, female founders, and to promote the significant business benefits of backing women. The Lifted Ventures flywheel has an angel network at its core, alongside investment literacy education for women founders and investors. Lifted have helped to raise over £11m in under two years.

She is an Investor, a Board member of the UKBAA, a NED, and consultant.

Previously Helen was a Founding Board Director of multi award winning NorthInvest, and in 2020 she launched Fund Her North, a collective of women in VCs who support female founders to get equal access to finance.

Prior to this Helen was Managing Director of the Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman.