01
Your Relationship with Money
14 January 2027 · In person, London · 14:00–17:00 followed by networking and drinks
Explore how you earn, save and invest, and what changes when you start thinking as an owner.
EmpowerHER Programmes · Wealth
From Earning Money to Owning Wealth
A six-session programme to build your investor skill set.
You’ve built your career and learned how to earn. Now explore how investing can play a role in building long-term wealth.
Through real investment cases, practical frameworks and expert voices, you’ll learn how venture works, how to assess opportunities and how
No previous investment experience required.
- 6 sessions
- January – February 2027
- Online + London
- £750 + VAT · £600 + VAT members
Earning well and building wealth are not the same thing.
Most of us have been taught to focus on earning, saving and pensions. Far fewer of us have been taught how ownership works, how to allocate capital or how to evaluate investment opportunities.
From Earning Money to Owning Wealth starts that conversation.
Is this for me?
For professional women who
- Earn and save, but want to think more intentionally about wealth.
- Are curious about venture and private-company investing.
- Want to understand how investors actually make decisions.
- May want to invest in the future, but don’t need to be ready to write a cheque today.
No finance background or previous investment experience required.
The programme
Six sessions combining expert guidance, real pitches, investment examples and open discussion.
02
Your Investment Philosophy
22 January 2027 · Online · 90 minutes
Define what matters to you, where you may want to invest and the level of risk that feels right.
03
Seeing an Opportunity Like an Investor
29 January 2027 · Online · 90 minutes
Learn how investors assess founders, markets, traction, business models and risk using real opportunities.
04
Understanding the Numbers, Structures & Incentives
5 February 2027 · Online · 90 minutes
Make sense of valuations, cap tables, returns, EIS/SEIS and investor rights.
05
From Investment to Ownership
10 February 2027 · In person, London · 14:00–17:00 followed by networking and drinks
Explore portfolio thinking, founder relationships and what good investors do after they invest.
06
Your Next Step as an Investor
26 February 2027 · Online · 90 minutes
Bring it together and decide how venture investing might fit into your financial future.
Can’t make every session live?
Online sessions will be recorded and made available to programme participants, so you can catch up if you’re unable to attend.
What you’ll leave with
See where venture fitsin your wider wealth strategy.
Build your investment philosophyaround your values, interests and risk appetite.
Assess opportunities with confidenceusing a practical investor framework.
Understand the mechanicsfrom valuations and cap tables to EIS/SEIS and investor rights.
Develop investor judgementby working through real pitches and investment decisions.
Leave with a practical toolkitincluding reference materials, frameworks and a clear next step.
Your programme team
Programme Lead
Sarah King
Sarah King is an entrepreneur, board leader, investor and coach with first-hand experience of building businesses, raising capital and investing in early-stage companies.
She has spent more than seven years in board roles, built a fintech business from the ground up, and has twice worked with government on changes relating to financial inclusion and gender equity.
Today she combines board and advisory roles with early-stage investing and her work as founder of mortl. Sarah is Chair of Trustees at Millimetres 2 Mountains Foundation and sits on the External Advisory Board of Nottingham University Business School.
Sarah brings both sides of the table to the programme: the experience of a founder who has raised capital and an investor deciding where and why to deploy capital.
Guest speakers
Join the programme
- Format
Six sessions from mid January to late February.
Four online · Two in person in London
- Cohort
An intimate group designed for conversation, questions and genuine connection.
- Included
All programme sessions, online reference materials, practical investor resources and cohort access.
Supported by
NoBa is a Future of Work venture platform bringing together investors, founders and operators to identify and back ambitious early-stage companies.
The EIS Association is the UK industry body for the EIS and SEIS ecosystem, bringing together investors, fund managers, advisers and businesses across early-stage investment.