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I'm passionate about female founders. And...I am one. I'm part of several communities of female founders. These tribes are life-affirming, practical, supportive, inspiring....and very importantly - they are FUN. I can be myself in these worlds. I'm looking at you, Hera Hub (created by Felena Hanson) and you, Like Minded OC (created by Inbal Claudio) and you, Bizz B*tches (created by Jazmin Cornejo!) I love supporting female founders, too. I mean, what's not to love? They've created something brand new. They've boldly stepped forward to say "The world needs this. So I made it. And I'm going to do all I can to make sure the people who need it, hear about it and get access to it." So, of course I'm in love with the Women's Venture Summit! I loved being part of this ecosystem last Thursday and Friday. Highlights for me of DAY ONE: 🌴 Friendly founders, investors, and vendors who wanted to connect, listen, and be helpful. 🌴Speakers with powerful presence and resumes - encouraging us all to be investors. 🌴Workshop led by Inbal Claudio and Alexis Lewis - about how building your community can help build your revenue. (KEY POINT: help your community members feel seen, heard, and appreciated. 😍 ) 🌴Movie showing of SHOW HER THE MONEY. “SHOW HER THE MONEY addresses how women are getting less than 2% of venture capital funding and demystifies what venture capital is. Featuring rock-star female investors who invest in diverse women entrepreneurs with innovations that will change the world, Show Her The Money reminds us that money is power and women need it to achieve true equality.” 🌴I got a swag bag that says "Girls Just Want to Have Fund." 💰 💰 💰 The summit's goals are to: "boost female founders’ access to capital and to grow the number of female and male investors who invest in female-led startups." YES. #womensventuresummit2024 #stellalabs ________________________________ Hey there! I'm Amanda, a public speaking coach. If you'd like help feeling more confident and less stressed during the beginning of your presentations - I got you. I'll put the details of my upcoming free masterclass (CONQUER THE FIRST 5 MINUTES OF YOUR TALK) in the comments.

🌟 For over 7 years, BeGlobe has been helping tech companies and venture funds with external communications. We’ve supported female entrepreneurs in gaining recognition in top publications like TechCrunch, Axios, Forbes, and more 🚀 This year, together with BeaversBrothers Global, we took another step toward diversity in the tech industry by launching the #WomenExecutivesinITAward. Our goal? To highlight the names of the exceptional women making waves in tech and poised for entrepreneurial success 🌍 The winners were revealed at the #BeGlobeVentureParty in Paris, and we’re happy to announce their names online for the first time! Swipe ➡️ to meet our incredible winners! Huge thanks to the amazing women who made this award possible: 🌟 Marina Davidova, Managing Partner at DVC 🌟 Elizaveta Osetinskaya, CEO and founder at The Bell media 🌟 Elena Enache, Marketing CTO at Cegeka 🌟 Clarisse Lam, VC Investment Manager at NewAlpha Asset Management 🌟 Yuliya Blaser, Head of Investment at Innovaud 🌟 Elena Karpova from BeaverBrothers, our perfect design mentor and partner Want to support and connect with more inspiring women in tech? Drop a 💪 in the comments and tag a trailblazing woman you admire. Let's continue to empower each other and drive change together! 🚀 #BeGlobeevents #WomenInTech #TechLeadership #Entrepreneurship #startuplife #FemaleFounders #TechCommunity #Empowerment #femtech #BeGlobeExpertise

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀?    This question pops up when you look at this picture from our DemoDay.   Our goal at INiTS is to foster mixed teams.  Unfortunately, the reality is that female founders still remain underrepresented. That’s why we asked them all to come on stage as a shining example for others!   The Startup Monitor reveals that only 17% of founders are women.  So, I'm all the more pleased that our current SCALEup Batch has 27% female founders!   Indeed, this shows that our efforts are going in the right direction. However, there is still a lot of work to do to make it easier for women to break into the tech startup ecosystem.   What is also obvious is that there is a growing number of founders tackling climate and environmental issues. If we want a future worth living, we need these pioneers. They are the catalysts for positive change, pushing boundaries and redefining what’s possible.   At INiTS’ Demo Day #21, startups showcased their innovative ideas, providing a glimpse into potential future developments. One thing is clear: We continue to work for a future that promises both diversity and sustainability! Sabine Fleischmann, Sonja Zahradník-Leonhartsberger, Nikolaus "Niki" Futter Franz Zöchbauer Lisa Reiss Martina Hölbling Ewa Lenart Franziska Walde Nora Gedeon Judith Kaefer Irene Fialka Andreas Gschöpf Brigitte Pfisterer Markus Pietzka Peter Tschuchnig Michael Buchecker Anita Gondola Gregor Sinai Natascha Trzepizur Dorottya Zelei Lisbora Likaj INiTS | Vienna's High-Tech Incubator BDO

📰 Have you checked out our latest roundup? We cover the amazing female-led scale-ups to watch in 2024🔥 Don’t be left in the dark. Give it a read below 👇 #scaleup50 #femalefounders #womenintech #internationalwomensday #capsule #nextlevelthinking

🌟 Real Talk with Ida Tin: A Femtech Pioneer Who Blends Fire with Innovation 🌟 Our recent discussion with Ida Tin, co-founder of Clue, was a masterclass in what it really means to bring passion and purpose into the world of femtech. From riding motorcycles across deserts to tackling family planning with Clue, Ida’s journey shows what happens when humility meets the drive to challenge the status quo. 🚀 A Vision Fueled by Frustration Ida shared how her journey started with a simple but urgent question: Why has there been so little innovation in family planning? For her, it was unacceptable that women still lacked simple, reliable ways to understand their fertility. Rather than letting this frustration fade, she transformed it into a vision—a tool that would empower women everywhere to know their bodies better. Ida’s words weren’t flashy; they were grounded in the real desire to fix something crucial that’s been overlooked for too long. 💡 Hard Truths About Venture Capital Ida’s insights into fundraising felt refreshingly real. While venture capital often seems like the gold standard, she didn’t shy away from explaining the costs it brings—the loss of control and the endless cycle of growth pressure. For Ida, funding wasn’t about playing the game; it was about getting the resources needed to grow Clue’s impact, even if it meant pushing through countless obstacles. 👥 A Leader Who Knows When to Step Back Ida’s humility truly shone as she talked about stepping down as Clue’s CEO. She reflected on how building Clue involved wearing a thousand hats, handing over control, and learning to embrace the strengths of others. Her decision to step back wasn’t about giving up but about allowing the right people to lead Clue forward—another example of her vision being bigger than her. 💬 Beyond Business: It’s About Lasting Change Handing Clue over to new leadership gave Ida a chance to broaden her impact. She’s now focused on advancing the femtech sector as a whole, with a firm belief in its power to change lives. Her passion goes beyond products; it’s about creating a community and a movement that finally meets the real needs of women everywhere. Ida’s blend of vision, humility, and courage left us inspired and ready to keep pushing boundaries in femtech. Thank you, Ida Tin, for showing us how it’s done! 💜 #Femtech

With so much chat this past month or so about changes afoot in the Irish #startup ecosystem and #NDRC coming to the end of its funding next year, I thought it might be useful to give an overview of where AwakenHub & AwakenAngels sit in the Irish landscape, in case it's helpful to any #founders out there. Please reach out to me/us if you are a woman founder based on the island and you think we can help you get your business up and running or scale it or raise investment. So - AwakenHub is an all-island social enterprise founded in summer 2020. Our mission is crystal clear and it's to level up opportunity, access and connectivity for women founders across the Ireland by removing barriers to investment, scale and success. (Men - stay tuned - there'll be something for you later!) AwakenHub offers the following and there's more information of course on our website: 🚀 a supportive community plus a private member-only space AwakenClub 🚀 a free-to-attend accelerator lite for early-stage women founders called SheGenerate (Cohort 4 kicked off in Dublin this past weekend, 120 women have already graduated through our tried and tested programme) - kindly part-supported by AIB and British Business Bank 🚀 annual US trade missions for founders seeking US investors or customers (Trade Mission 3 will happen early in 2025 and will see us again open our impressive networks in Boston & New York City to 20+ founders participating in our curated programme) - kindly part-supported in 2025 by the Emigrant Support Programme of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland 🚀 SheScales - Cohort 1 kicked off in Galway last month, a new tailored programme for just 16 carefully selected women founders ready to scale globally, delivered in partnership with Cranfield University & funded by the Shared Island Unit through InterTradeIreland 🚀 SheVentures - our first Summit, the island edition ran in May 2024 with 250 attendees gathering on Lusty Beg island in Co Fermanagh and an impressive 50 speakers of which 20 flew in from the US - watch this space for a potential repeat! My next post will cover an overview of AwakenAngels. In the meantime, our AwakenHub website address is www.awakenhub.com and as I said earlier, don't hesitate to reach out if you are struggling or need signposting or help. Sinead Crowley Clare McGee Denise McQuaid Brìghde Barnes Maria McKeever Mary Ann Pierce Jane McCooey

"Put a woman on it" isn't a phrase you hear in everyday conversation. That's because I coined it with my #PutAWomanOnIt campaign. Once again, I've been tagged into a post where a man is using my content without attribution. Thank you, Ariel Serber, for being an ally and taking the simple yet powerful action of appropriately crediting a woman's work. Tony had actually reached out to me after his original post, asking how he could be a better ally and find more women to invest in. We had a productive conversation, explicitly discussing how LinkedIn's algorithm amplifies his posts while muting mine and the importance of engaging with and reposting women's content. I even dedicated another hour of my time after that to help ideate the event he announced in the post below. I've also tagged him into some of my posts to present opportunities for allyship through engagement. This behavior, however, is the opposite of allyship. Yes, producing events like his is important, but actions speak louder than words. Expressing a desire to lift women up while simultaneously pushing one down is incongruous. It's not hard to credit to a content creator, tag someone who has helped you, or share original work without presenting it as your own. If you truly want to support women entrepreneurs, start by giving credit where it's due. And while you're at it, grab some official #PutAWomanOnIt swag. The proceeds fund Scroobious accounts for underrepresented founders to access the resources and capital they deserve. Put A Woman On It Shop 👉 https://lnkd.in/ec-5wMZr #RepresentationMatters #Allyship #WomenInLeadership #DiversityInBusiness #InclusiveEconomy #Entrepreneurship #SupportWomen #PutAWomanOnIt #FemaleFounders #MaleAllies

𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁 💪 5 months ago, I accidentally stumbled upon a topic I wasn't even aware of... It all started with my post "I want to meet more women" (I know the hook...). My idea was to improve my poor ratio of women to men pitching their startups to me. The traction it got made me aware of the massive funding gap for female-led startups - 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟮% 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗩𝗖 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻. But it also revealed my unconscious bias in my own investment practice. Which is very typical in the male-dominated VC industry. Although I had committed to investing in 5 female-led startups, I only managed to invest in one. So I started thinking about how I could make a bigger impact... Long story short. I met Jennifer here. 🔥 A true hustler who has dedicated her career to helping women that build. Seeing Jens' determination, we decided to join forces and 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 series that supports women founders. And here we go! Jen and I are more than excited to bring our "𝗨𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁" to life! We‘re beyond excited that: 🔥 Ida Tin, Co-Founder of Clue 🔥 Corinne Vigreux, Co-Founder of TomTom 🔥 Monika Liikamaa, Co-founder of Enfuce have accepted our invitation to speak and share their inspiring journeys building unicorns. More amazing speakers to be announced! Additionally you can expect actionable advice in our learning sessions around fundraising, network with investors and fellow founders. All taking place on the world's best virtual event platform (mine 😉) - thank you team MEETYOO 💚 Ladies, please mark your calendars: 🗓️ 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 is your day. Registration is open and free (and will always be for female founders!) We want to thank Claudia (another amazing founder) for her initial inspiration and our partners for their support - this means so much to us! Thank you for reading this far. We can’t wait to see you! ❤️ Jen & Tony Please support us by sharing and tagging female founders who should attend. 🙏 ____________________________ Sharing my experience as an entrepreneur and active angel investor. Investing in early stage B2B (enterprise) SaaS startups with traction. Follow for more posts like this.

🚀 The 100 Women Founders to Watch are launching disruptive new businesses, driving climate action, accelerating AI, innovating across 20+ industries from femtech to space tech, and they’ve raised more than $1.1b between them. (...) But, for many founders who identify as women, there are still significant challenges when it comes to raising investment. Startups founded or co-founded by women raise just 10% of total VC funding in Europe, and women-only founded startups raise just 2% of funding in the US. Companies led by Black women receive less than 1%. This is crazy when you consider that 1 in 6 women globally intend to start a business, compared with 1 in 5 men, and that women are the primary consumers of many tech-based products – women control more than $30t in consumer spending, and that number is expected to increase to $40t by 2030! In this report, published in partnership with Institut auf dem Rosenberg, we explore how to increase representation and move more investor money to women founders. Through a series of exclusive interviews, unicorn founders share their startup stories and advice for budding women entrepreneurs, top VC investors discuss investment trends and how to raise, and we conclude with our list of 100 of the world’s most promising women tech founders, from pre-Seed to Series A stage. The goal of the 100 Women Founders to Watch list is to shine a light on 100 of the most exceptional women founders blazing a trail in the tech industry across three of the key markets – the UK & Europe, the United States, and Southeast Asia. This is not a definitive list or ranking of any kind, and we know that there are many exceptional founders who we will have missed. We are open to any recommendations for future lists as we continue to build out our diverse and inclusive founder community. (...) We need to tackle the challenge together as an industry. We need to close the gender funding gap and increase the number of women in founding teams as well as at c-suite level in companies, on startup boards, and on investment committees. By bringing communities together, championing success stories, and reating a safe, supportive environment where diverse voices are heard and valued, we can drive innovation and create a more equitable tech industry. Read on to discover our 100 women founders to watch! - Carolyn Dawson OBE, CEO of Founders Forum Group CR to Founders Forum Group #startups #women #vc #founders #entrepreneurship #investment

 #femalefounder Just 48 hours left to apply for the Aurora Tech Award! If you’re a female founder, you definitely want to get in on this!This award is organized by inDrive, and I’m totally in love with what they do. Why? Because they do things differently—no standard approaches here! Everything they do is driven by a real mission. Arsen Tomsky, the founder of inDrive, always says, "Think about the meaning of what you’re doing first, about mission of your business, and only then think about money." It might sound a bit strange, but this mindset helps bring together the best people who are just as passionate as you are. Winners of the Aurora Tech Award won’t just get cash prizes; you’ll also score amazing mentorship from the inDrive network. These folks think outside the box, so you’ll get tons of brilliant ideas to help grow your business. I can say it from my own experience! This year, I got first place in another inDrive initiative—the #UnderdogTechAward. That win helped us secure an ANID Chile StartUp Ciencia grant because we matched our prize money. Plus, I got to connect with some awesome inDrive team members and mentors who helped me see our business from new angles and refine our value proposition. This award really showed #investors that we’re worth their time! So what are you waiting for? Go apply right now! #startups #femalefactor #STEM #AuroraTechAward https://lnkd.in/gzpdADxS .