5F
FUNDRAISING FUEL FOR FUTURE-FIT FOUNDERS
Are you fundraising or PLANNING to RAISE?
5F is a high-quality network connecting founders + investors
Fundraising is f*cking hard.
According to the Sifted survey 2024, 85% startup founders said they had experienced high stress in the past year, while fundraising was named as the most common challenge.
Our mission is that every startup founder will be able to stay centered and resilient throughout the fundraising process. With 5F, we fuel both, raising money and founder wellbeing.
5F experiences are built around the concept of neuroaesthetics.
IN 5F NETWORK you will:
be shortlisted to meet pre-selected investors at invite-only 5F EXPERIENCES
be shortlisted to work together with an expert FUNDRAISING PARTNER aka “silent non-equity co-founder” who will provide practical hands-on support during the fundraising process
be invited to 5F EXPERIENCES & WORKSHOPS that fuel your energy and know-how to prepare you for the fundraising process
Promoting diversity in business generates true prosperity.
Our mission is to direct funds towards DIVERSE AND FUTURE-FIT founders and THEIR startups.
5F supports the Manifesto of Allyship, that was presented at Latitude59 in Estonia on May 23, 2024 by 5F co-creator Triin Kask. The creation of this manifesto has been a realisation of true allyship involving many people from the Estonian and the UK startup ecosystems.
FEEDBACK FROM 5F SESSIONS
Carmen Kivisild, Co-Founder & CEO @Elnora AI
During fundraising I started to feel that for investors I’m just a walking pitch deck. The 5F Morning Session reminded me that investors are also human, approachable and sincere.
This special experience gave me much new-found hope.
Triin Uustalu, Co-Founder & CEO @Glafos
5F session brings founders and investors together on equal grounds that allows any hierarchies to dissolve. After the session I talked with my co-founder and she said that I’ve transformed, like a burden would have been lifted from my shoulders.
Vicky Brock, Co-founder & CEO @Vistalworks
I felt re-energised, calmer, grounded, fuelled.
It’s so important to catch a breath. I didn’t know how much I needed this session in my life and I’m much more comfortable talking with the VC who hosted the session. The conversation was deep, profound and super open.
5F NETWORK IS CO-CREATED & LED BY FEMALE VISIONARIES
As founders ourselves, we are fuelled by passion to transform early-stage fundraising into an inspiriring experience for all founders, as well as break down the hierarchies between founders & investors in the startup ecosystem.
Prior to entering startup sector as a founder, KETLY FREIRIK led the international product growth and development activities at one of the fastest growing consumer fintech Inbank. As part of the early team she helped establish many of the processes that paved way to the immense growth of the company (nearing €700 mln yearly).
The fintech era was followed by 4 years as a founder and CEO of the venture-backed climate tech startup Dottyland. Those were years of relentless hard work - trial and error and countless pivots in search of sustainable business model, product-market-fit and fundraising.
While being on a (short?) break from the startup founder life, she supports other founders on their journeys with her experience and network. After 4 years of being in a non-stop loop of grinding, she believes a lot of it can be done differently -
‘’In early stages, the main bet is on the founders. But I didn’t see many opportunities for founders and investors to really get to know each other and connect.’’
Her calling is building and creating for positive impact.
Before returning to her home country Estonia and diving into the startup ecosystem, MERILYN KESKÜLA lived and worked internationally with creatives, brands, embassies and corporations, from London and Zürich to Shanghai and San Francisco. This was the time she gathered experience in corporate structures as well as launching and producing international events and programmes including immersive experiences.
.During the past 3 years she went through Techstars Sustainability accelerator in Paris and led the fundraising process and successful seed-round at a climate tech / hardware startup.