Female Startup Club

Name

Female Startup Club

Legal name

Female Startup Club Pty Ltd

Website

https://femalestartupclub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Business Media and Community

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Podcast Networks & Studio Platforms (MPAIADAC)

Keywords

• Women's business podcast
• Female founder community
• Entrepreneurship media network
• Digital business education
• Creator economy courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Podcast Advertising & Sponsorships: The flagship podcast with 750+ episodes and 100M+ views/downloads across channels generates advertising and sponsorship revenue. Episodes feature brand integrations and host-read ads.
2. Digital Courses / Products: Sale of digital educational products including the 'Starter Kit: Content Marketing' course priced at $27.00 USD, sold through the Shopify storefront.
3. Private Network Membership: Curated private network for women founders, executives, and investors. Applications are open via apply.femalestartupclub.com. The network is described as a paid or exclusive membership tier.
4. Book Sales: Sale of the book 'Your Hype Girl' by Doone Roisin, available on Amazon. The book provides actionable strategies for business building and influence.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Female Startup Club is a media company and private network that produces a flagship business podcast (750+ episodes), a weekly newsletter (42k+ subscribers), and an application-based curated private community for women founders, executives, creators, and investors. It also sells digital educational products, including the 'Starter Kit: Content Marketing' course ($27 USD), and the book 'Your Hype Girl' by founder Doone Roisin.

Product overview

Female Startup Club is a media company and private network for women founders, executives, and investors. The core offerings consist of a flagship podcast (750+ episodes), a curated private network for members, and a weekly newsletter. A digital course called Starter Kit: Content Marketing is sold via Thinkific for $27.00, and founder Doone Roisin has authored the book 'Your Hype Girl'. The company operates primarily through digital channels including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and beehiiv for distribution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FSC Network: Private network for women founders, executives, and investors seeking intentional visibility, stronger positioning, and better opportunities
• FSC Pink Studio

Products and services

• Female Startup Club Podcast The flagship podcast featuring 750+ episodes with conversations with women founders, executives, and investors about business, influence, and entrepreneurship. Available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
• FSC Private Network A curated private community for women founders, executives, creators, and investors to deepen relationships, make introductions, and access opportunities. Membership is gated through an application process.
• Female Startup Club Newsletter Weekly newsletter featuring stories of female founders and business insights, delivered via Beehiiv to over 42,000 subscribers.
• Starter Kit: Content Marketing A digital course for early-stage bootstrapped ecommerce founders on creating organic sales on a limited budget. Priced at $27.00 USD and delivered via Thinkific.
• Your Hype Girl A book by Doone Roisin covering impactful strategies for women in business. Available on Amazon.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100M+ combined views and downloads across all podcast and social channels
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Girlboss: Media brand and community for ambitious women offering content, community, and resources targeting a similar audience of female founders, professionals, and creators — directly comparable business model.
• The Memo: Media platform and career community for ambitious women with newsletters, events, and resources — overlapping audience of female founders and executives with a similar content-plus-community play.
• Foundr: Australia-based media and education company producing business content (podcast, magazine, courses) for entrepreneurs. Same category, same geography, same founder-led media-to-monetization flywheel as Female Startup Club.
• Ellevate Network: Global professional women's network combining content, events, and paid membership for women in business. Same membership-organization model and similar female-executive target audience.
• Chief: Private paid membership network for women executives providing peer groups, programming, and events. Closest direct comparator for the FSC Private Network tier in the female executive segment.
• Marie Forleo: Long-running personal-brand media company built around a flagship show (MarieTV), courses, books, and community targeting women entrepreneurs. Founder-led, content-to-paid-product motion matches Female Startup Club's GTM.

Broad incumbents

• Y Combinator (female-founder initiatives): While not exclusively female-focused, YC runs programming and content targeting female founders and provides startup education at scale. A broad incumbent that competes for the same audience's attention and education dollars.
• Techstars (accelerator): Female Startup Club's actual accelerator backer; broader incumbent providing founder education, network, and content. Comparable as a startup-education and founder-network platform even though not female-niche.

Others

• Beehiiv: Newsletter platform used by Female Startup Club and a growing peer set of creator-led media businesses. Adjacent infrastructure provider rather than a competitor, but shapes the economics and scalability of FSC's newsletter-led community.

Emerging players

• All Raise: Nonprofit community supporting female founders and funders with programs, content, and events. Comparable audience (women founders and investors) and network-driven value proposition, though structured as a nonprofit rather than a for-profit media business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCIeqjd6tglzJ_jP2ZQkWYKQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/femalestartupclub
• Instagraminstagram.com/femalestartupclub

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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Frequently asked questions about Female Startup Club