Give your members
the funding edge
they actually need.
A complimentary expert session from one of the few funding specialists who has assessed applications from the inside — and helped founders build businesses that funders recognise as a sure thing.
Lisa Erhart is a funding specialist, grants assessor, author and founder of Funding4Growth — a global platform that helps women-led and innovation-driven businesses understand how funding decisions are made, and build the operational evidence that funders recognise.
Before founding F4G, Lisa led large-scale corporate innovation programmes at significant budget scale, built an international sustainability consultancy with UK and US partnerships, and was recognised with the Visy Environmental Award from Creative Partnerships Australia for collaborative outcomes achieved with Live Performance Australia.
Having secured $2M within 18 months as an applicant, and assessed more than $50M in applications from the inside, Lisa brings a perspective that is direct, grounded and rarely available to founders.
- Australian ecosystem partners include: RiverCity Labs, Startup Precinct, Fishburners, Stone & Chalk, UNSW Founders, QUT Startup Accelerator, Women in Innovation SA, LatinOz, USQ Women in Western Qld, TechReady Women, Impact Collab, OneRoof, Sydney City Council
- 12+ funded workshops and expert sessions delivered across Australia's innovation ecosystem in 2025, including UNSW Founders programme, Italian Trade Agency (co-hosted webinar), and LatinOz Queensland
- National speaking circuit: Keynote, panel and workshop formats across APACA, VAPAC, NARPACA, ENTECH and CX Roadshow conferences over multiple years
- Policy authorship: Architect of the proposed 365 Initiative — a $107M national funding framework for women entrepreneurs, modelled on the UK's Invest in Women Taskforce
- UK & EU presence based in Monza, Italy — currently building partnerships across the UK women's founder ecosystem
and What Your Members Can Do About It
A complimentary 60–90 minute live session delivered online to your community. Lisa draws directly on her experience as a government grants assessor to give your members the insider perspective most founders never access: what assessors are looking for beyond the guidelines, why strong applications still fail, and the practical steps to address it before submitting a single word. The session is tailored to your audience — whether early-stage founders, scaling businesses, or underrepresented founder communities.
- Understand the criteria assessors apply — and what the guidelines don't tell you
- Identify the most common reasons applications fail that have nothing to do with business quality
- Leave with a clear next step: assessing their own funding readiness before they apply
- Access F4G tools and resources to continue building after the session
"Lisa reviewed our previous unsuccessful applications and provided deeply insightful feedback. I applied those insights to both an award submission and a major funding application."
Fiona — Chocolate on Purpose $180,000 secured · Award finalist"Since working with Lisa, we have secured more than 00,000 in funding. The shift was moving from hoping we might be ready, to knowing we had a credible case."
Alecia — Maternity Consumer Network $300,000+ secured"Lisa's feedback refined the pitch and sharpened the messaging — and led to being accepted into an accelerator programme."
Nyree McKenzie — Bidhive Accelerator acceptance"That shift changed the way I approached growth opportunities. We were invited onto a procurement panel with an estimated value of more than million."
Eddie — Inventorium $1M+ procurement panel