Female Business Angels Podcast Live: Founderland

Only 11% of all angel investors in Europe are female. Not surprisingly less than 10% of female led European startups receive funding from the VCs at a slightly later stage. 

Female Business Angels Podcast wants to move this statistics towards 50% and hope that our podcast will inspire more women to get involved with early stage startups.

Less than 0.5% of venture capital goes to women of colour founders, year over year. Founderland is committed to debunk the myth that there is a “pipeline problem”.  They bring founders, allies and investors together to get more diverse, sustainable and scalable businesses funded, by fostering a peer community of founders, offer educational programming on fundraising, and connect their member founders with capital.

Katia Yakovleva is the co-founder of SpotiAngels . Passionate about angel investing, the creator economy, consumer tech and web 3.0. 2.5+ years in angel investing. She’s  focused on building a web 3 startup, co-founded Beyond. 11+ years at Spotify (Spain and Germany). 1 year at EMI Music Publishing and Coca-Cola.

Bettine Schmitz  is the co-founder of Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund. Passionate about venture capital and female founders. 8+ years in VC and angel investing. 3+ years in product management. 4+ years in consulting.

Alina Bassi is a Co-founder of Founderland / Kleiderly and an experienced Chemical Engineer with over 7 years experience designing and building industrial factories, particularly with a focus on sustainability.

With Kleiderly she is tackling the problem of clothing waste by recycling it into a plastic alternative that can be used to produce anything from clothing hangers to furniture and more. She was recently on the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Manufacturing & Industry.

Deborah Choi is a co-founder of Founderland and Bosque. Deborah is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, with prior corporate marketing, media and business development experience.

She is a graduate of The University of Chicago, a BusinessWeek 25 under 25 for her first venture, and a recipient of Google’s first Black Founders Fund for Europe.

Stephanie is a creative and strategic marketing professional with 10+ years of experience working with startups, as a founder, consultant, mentor, and employee across arts and culture, e-commerce, lifestyle, marketplace, and fashion.