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🚀 Did you know that only 2% of global VC funding went to all-female founding teams, while 15% went to mixed-gender founding teams in 2022? 🌐 The Female Founder Challenge, organized by Viva Technology, aims to empower women entrepreneurs by facilitating networking opportunities and providing access to funding through experience-sharing and connecting them with venture capitalists. 📣 Here's your chance to pitch your solution in front of a jury of top decision-makers and investors, have 1-to-1 meetings with VCs, gain visibility on the digital platform of VivaTech 2024, and win many more prizes. 👉🏻 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dsn_aTyM #vivatech #femalefounder #femalefounderchallenge #startups

This past week I spotlighted the incredible woman that is Dr. Gesa Miczaika as my #Unstoppable Female Founder in edition eighteen of my newsletter. Here are some of the top reasons why I believe she is a true inspiration and role model for so many women such as myself: 1. She launched Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, the first fund to focus on female founders in Germany 2. She launched the Evangelistas, a community of over 250+ female angel investors 3. She is an active and prominent voice advocating for diversity across the entire startup ecosystem 4. She believes our world leaders should be a reflection the diverse global population today 5. She’s invested in some incredible startups: Carbo Culture, DUDE CHEM, exakt health, filu, Localyze and more 6. She’s an advocate of introspection, doing the work required to be the best version of you, actively studying human design 7. She believes role models are crucial for helping young girls see and believe that they can pursue any career of their choosing If you're in the startup or venture capital scene and you don't already follow Gesa, I would highly recommend you start.

Monday morning - time to celebrate 🎉 Businettes is growing! Our numbers are growing! And this is very motivating: Increasing our community members and reach & thus our visibility is an important part for achieving our mission at #Businettes. 💡 Why? Because we need more visibility for female entrepreneurship and female founders in Europe! #visibilitymatters 💡 Why? Because giving visibility to ambitious, bold, strong women with a vision and dedication to succeed, creates powerful and relatable role models. Thos role models help us encouraging more women to start-up: "If she can do it, I can do it!". 💡 Furthermore: By generating awereness for promising female founded startups, we trigger the attention of the press, business angels, investors, incubators, accelerators, event organizers in need of female speakers and many more. 💛 🧡 💗 This is why we want to thank everyone who is supporting Businettes' mission and who understands the importance of female innovation! Stay tuned, we have many more ideas and energy to fuel the movement! 🚀 #femalefounders #gründerin #femalestartup #femalenetwork #startupcommunity #growth #ohhappyday #timetocelebrate

Who else has that Friday feeling??? 😎 Are you ready for another edition of #Unstoppable female founders newsletter? Let's dive in! 👇 💛 This week's Unstoppable Female Founder spotlight shines on one of the most prominent serial entrepreneurs in the UK, the incredible Debbie Wosskow, OBE, founder of Mantra PR, Love Home Swap, AllBright and several others. 📣 My rant this week breaks down the necessary steps you should take to find product market fit for your startup, the metrics you should be measuring and more. (Shoutout to Mark Roberge of Stage 2 Capital for his graphic) And in the #HypeCorner we have a monster list of women who have raised capital with their teams this week. A special shoutout to the all female founding team of Ecosmic who raised their pre-seed this week! 🔸 Benedetta Margrethe Cattani Gaia Roncalli & Imane Marouf Co-founders of Ecosmic 🔸 Annelise Brbora Co-founder & COO of Cordon Technologies 🔸 Kate Pleteneva Founding Computer Vision Engineer of Sorted 🔸 Marie Bedu Co-founder & COO of RockFi 🔸 Pauline Glikman Co-founder & CEO of Payflows 🔸 Dominique Demolle Co-founder & CEO of Cognivia 🔸 Kate Henningsen CEO of Infogrid 🔸 Anastasia Syvolob Co-founder of Geodesic.life  🔸 Dr. Anne-Kristin Heninger & Teresa Rojo Romanos Co-founders of Seamless Therapeutics  🔸 Lorna J Walker & Paige Mullen Co-founders of @Camion 🔸 Eugenia Sagué Co-founder & CEO of Cultimate Foods A HUGE congratulations to these women and their teams, I look forward to seeing what the next phase of growth looks like for each of these startups! ☀ Have a wonderful weekend everyone! ☀ ______________________________________________________________ 👀 To read the full newsletter 👉 https://lnkd.in/eet2Y5QR #femalefounder #founder #startup #womenintech #fundraising #investment #pmf #vc #angelinvestor #climatetech #saas #biotech #fintech #ai #proptech #newsletter

What does it takes to be a mentor for an aspiring entrepreneur? Share your thoughts below. My vision includes: 1. Giving guidance and space for structured exploration, incl. sharing your network 2. Shaping ideas using paraphrasing and active listening 3. Empower by highlighting mentee's strengths I'm personally having so much satisfaction when my mentees achieve their goals! It's their success 💯. I'm simply proud of them and thankful for choosing me to be the part of their inspiring journeys 👏 Thanks Alicja 🤍 #startupmentor #startupconsulting #startuplife #startupsuccess #coachingforwomen #coachingbusiness

Understanding business from an impact perspective is crucial- and that's what we try to do at iFarmer everyday! #helpingfarmerswin #impactmatters

#nonsibiventures is launching our Monthly Insights series where we will share interesting and relevant data, news and charts with our community. Here’s non sibi Insight #1: Value Gap - Underrepresented Minority (URM) and women founders from top-funded startups receive less funding through each stage of growth and particularly at exit. The pressing question is, how do we break down barriers to drive more equitable funding - the key to driving innovation and unlocking 30% higher returns for investors upon exit per Kauffman Fellows. Click below 👇for the McKinsey & Company article ”Underestimated start-up founders: The Untapped Opportunity”: https://lnkd.in/g2vb9hEN Read more about non sibi ventures’ Value Approach to Venture and Closing the Value Gap: https://lnkd.in/eyTfSR-f #venturecapital #diversefounders #URM #startupfunding

🌟 Breaking News: WE Global Studios to Illuminate the Path for Female Entrepreneurs at Women Invest Summit in São Paulo 🌟 I am beyond excited to announce that Fernanda Carapinha, our trailblazing founder of WE Global Studios, will be a distinguished speaker at this year's Women Invest Summit in São Paulo, Brazil! Why is this a Milestone Event? Recent studies have consistently shown that companies with diverse leadership yield higher innovation, greater profitability, and more sustainable practices. Female founders are essential in driving this change, yet they often face unique challenges in securing investment and scaling their ventures. This is why the summit is so pivotal. 🎙️ Topic of Discussion Fernanda will be unraveling the intricacies of "WE Global Studios: Disrupting the Startup Ecosystem and Assessing Investment Risk." She will explore how our state-of-the-art AI-led SaaS platform is leveling the playing field by not only disrupting traditional startup models but also by introducing an effective framework for risk-assessed investment in female-led ventures. Fernanda Carapinha WE Global Studios

Women in deeptech, and others, of course, meet our newest Golden Unicorn! The EmpoWomen Program, funded by the European Union through its Horizon Europe Research and Innovation program, seeks to overcome the obstacles faced by women in the field of R&D&I to improve equality in deep-tech entrepreneurship. It offers a unique program for scaling up women-led companies. Their objective is to 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 & 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 and entrepreneurs leading deep-tech startups from widening-area countries. They want them to grow into tomorrow’s female tech leaders and put women at the forefront of deep tech in the world. The initiative is a 2-year program (2024-2025) that includes non-repayable funding totaling 1.125 million euros, prizes, and services to the selected 25 women-led deep-tech companies. Eager to meet these empowering founders? Find them at Podim! Sploro | TechUkraine | Startup Wise Guys | Business Angels Europe

One year ago I was on my way out of Zalando. The big difference back then was that on the other side, I had no clear roads, paths, or plans. Just my willingness to change. I remember my head and heart full of emotions, expectations, and fears that accompanied me before, during, and after this movement. Still, I wanted to live and try so many things. And I did it! 💥 One year later, today, I feel encouraged to share more about the past months of my life and all the events that turned my career upside down. 🤸♀️ It started out with my solo trip to Brazil. Full immersion. Three months. Revamping my rusty Portuguese, stepping out of my comfort zone, and exploring the beauty of this country for a longer period. Some call it a sabbatical. To me, it was just the right kind of experience to set the tone for the year ahead. 🌝 When I came back, I got to face all that blur of thoughts, doubts, and fears once again. My solution was to follow my intuition. That's when I joined the UX UI design bootcamp at SPICED Academy. Back to the "student life" for a while was fun and rewarding. I met incredible people, learned new skills and built my first-ever digital product. 🎨 The product I designed focused on an issue close to my heart: women's safety. It's a problem that we, as women, face far too often, and I’m working on a platform to alleviate this concern. 👭 As time went by, the idea matured and I continued to invest in it with the amazing support and mentorship of Alevtina Evgrafova, PhD, ACC ICF. Until recently, when I decided to take my product to the next level. 👯♀️ I applied for the Startup Incubator Berlin program, where out of 20 women with amazing ideas, only 10 were chosen to turn their visions into reality. And I am the happiest being one of them. 😍 This means a new chapter is about to begin. ✨ Now, I'm a bundle of nerves, excitement, and curiosity once again. 🦋 Twelve months ago if someone had told me that in a year's time I'd be starting an entrepreneurial journey, I would have laughed out loud. Yet, here I am :) eagerly looking forward to what 2024 has in store. 😉