Venturing Women

Jul 12 2023 5
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A podcast for entrepreneurial women: founders, builders, changemakers shaping the world we live in. Women entrepreneurs, 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 and shape the world we live in. Podcast Host: Darya Kamkalova 

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#35: Growth mindset: don't just ride the waves, make them - Nadine Mezher

Jul 12 2023 29 mins  
Nadine Mezher was eager to spearhead change in habits and attitudes to handling money in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). She wanted to democratise access to investing and make it available to not only the ultra rich. Nadine co-founded Sarwa, a platform for investment and personal finance. In 2022, Forbes recognised Nadine among 20 women behind Middle Eastern tech br

#34: Out of natural habitat as a founder - Alina Bassi

Jun 27 2023 33 mins  
How do you launch an innovative business in uncharted territories? Alina Bassi realised she could apply principles of coffee waste management to recycle textiles into… plastics. A chemical engineer, she launched Kleiderly in a foreign country, with no language skills, and out of network. She masterfully addresses challenges of two industries simultaneously: textile waste manageme

#33: Gender investment gap: Its origin, impact and ways to bridge it - Lucy Chow, Vera Futorjanski, Medea Nocentini, Katie Wachsberger

Jun 13 2023 25 mins  
All-women startup teams receive less than 3% of the venture capital globally whilst male-led startups collect 89% of it. And as if this statistics wasn’t depressing enough, the trend is negative. It’s getting worse every year.Venture capital investors share their views on the reasons behind such disparity. What are its consequences? What are we as a society missing out if this

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

May 30 2023 26 mins  
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 build

#31: What is your weapon of choice to drive change? - Jacqueline van den Ende

May 16 2023 30 mins  
‘Be the change you want to see in the world’ sounds like a fulfilling life motto. But how do you put it into practice? How do you leave a positive mark in the world and enjoy the ride along the way? Ultimately, we all have just one life to experiment with.Jacqueline van den Ende aims to unlock 1 billion dollars of capital to help power climate solutions. That’s a big dent in

#30: Will ChatGPT be your next career coach? - Darja Gutnick

May 02 2023 32 mins  
Can you become a better leader in 2 min a day? Yes according to Darja Gutnick, Co-Founder & CEO of Bunch, an AI leadership coach. Darja also shares her own story of how losing key people on her team and going through a split-up with her co-founder made her better leader.Topics we discuss:How can data help you to answer the deepest question about yourself?How technology and AI t

#29: Are you building just a perk or a sticky product? - Leonie Ellerbrock, Viktoria Lindner

Apr 18 2023 24 mins  
Mental health and marketplaces - both are hot topics! Isn’t it a great idea to build a marketplace for mental health services? Viktoria Lindner and Leonie Ellerbrock, co-founders of Mindsurance, share a story of launching such a marketplace and then walking away from this model.Topics we discuss:What’s the difference between building a perk (a nice-to-have) and a sticky product

#28: Build an ideal team of investors and treat this as an alliance - Sonia Weymuller

Apr 05 2023 29 mins  
Can FOMO (fear of missing out) be a market opportunity? Sonia Weymuller realised many people were seeking ways to invest into tech startups and be a part of the startup buzz. Yet, there was no platform in the MENA region to do so.Sonia Weymuller is a Co-Founder and General Partner of VentureSouq (VSQ), a MENA-based venture capital firm, and Partner Lead for the VSQ Conscious Collec

#27: Hardware business: building products and teams that survive any storm (or flood) - Polina Mikhaylova

Mar 21 2023 24 mins  
Polina Mikhaylova co-founded KNOT, a micromobility company, in 2015, long before shared scooters came into vogue. Terms like ‘free-floating’ or ‘swappable batteries’ didn’t exist yet. Polina is a true enthusiast of docking stations. Can they be the future of shared micromobility?Topics:Users in big cities are spoiled with easy access to shared scooters and bikes which com

#26: One year of podcasting, or how giving up on a designer bag can help female founders - Katia Yakovleva, Bettine Schmitz

Jan 31 2023 29 mins  
This is a joint episode with the Female Business Angel Podcast hosted by Katia Yakovleva and Bettine Schmitz. We launched our shows more or less at the same time, one year ago. Darya, Bettine and Katia talk about one year of podcasting, their learnings, angel investing and the outlook for female founders.About Katia YakovlevaKatia is a Berlin-based entrepreneur currently working on