A podcast for entrepreneurial women: founders, builders, changemakers shaping the world we live in.

Female founders, investors and startup ecosystem enablers share their stories, knowledge, fears and failures, moments of growth and pieces of advice.
With these conversations, we want to inspire more women to build their own businesses.

Darya Kamkalova 5/31/23 Darya Kamkalova 5/31/23

#32: Building a FemTech, don’t look too passionate about it - Fatoumata Ly

Many businesses start with the future founders trying to solve an issue they face personally. FemTech startups (female technology) are no exception. Here, however, many areas are emotionally loaded and wrapped into layers of taboos.

Fatoumata Ly shares how her own story of trying to conceive evolved into addressing the centuries-old issue countless women face. Fatoumata is now building Ninti, a company that provides digital solutions for personalised care around sexual and reproductive health.

Darya Kamkalova 9/23/22 Darya Kamkalova 9/23/22

#19: Building a launchpad for women of colour founders - Stephanie von Behr

Less than 0.5% of venture capital goes to women of colour founders. Is it a pipeline problem rooted in a lack of such founders? Perhaps, women of colour simply do not dare to build high-growth businesses?

Stephanie von Behr, Managing Director of Founderland, debunks these myths. She is focused on increasing visibility, creating community and getting more women of colour founders funded.

We talk about what allyship truly means and why it matters, how disadvantages can become opportunities and what it takes to create a robust and flourishing community. Stephanie tells the story of building Founderland with simple tools like surveys and match-making keeping founders’ needs at the heart of every step and decision.