OXFORD-BASED online learning platform TechPixies has announced it has secured £150,000 of female-led funding.
Joy Foster set up the firm advising women on social media and digital marketing to help them get back to work or start a new business.
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The mother-of-two lives in Oxford with Olympic rower Tim Foster MBE.
Confirmation that the final investor had come on board arrived on the same day that Mrs Foster was invited to a private reception at 10 Downing Street with 100 thriving female entrepreneurs.
The investment has been used to take a successful face-to-face course and move it online and to expand the TechPixies team.
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Mrs Foster said: “The investment allows us to bring TechPixies fully online helping us to reach a bigger audience across the UK and beyond.
“The funding has also allowed us to secure the right people to grow the company. Because of it, we have taken on an award-winning digital marketing manager, an experiences manager, a finance manager and in-house video editor.”
The investors ranged from female philanthropic business leaders to TechPixie graduates.
Of the seven investors, Aimie Chapple joined as an investor and advisor to TechPixies having spent 25 years in consulting with Accenture and is now working in the areas of leadership, transformation and wellness.
Sarah Seaby joins from a background as a senior marketing professional with over 20 years’ experience managing and directing traditional marketing.
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