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Female Founders News #35 – June 2026
June funding mostly flowed in via grants and crowdfunding, although some financing rounds also closed.
Valentina de Santis: If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
Valentina de Santis is the CEO of Grand Hotel Tremezzo and Passalacqua, the crown jewels among hospitality players on Lake Como.
Elettra Lazzerini: Beyond Likes, Towards Belonging
Hospitality entrepreneur Elettra Lazzerini, founder of Lazzerini Holidays, has built her business not just by opening tourism properties in Tuscany, but by putting herself and her work out there online.
Are you listening?
Monica Gagliano and the Intelligence of the Living World
Female Founders News #34 – May 2026
May brought large capital flows for Switzerland’s female-led companies, headlined by a nine-figure financing in Basel and an even larger nine-figure exit out of Zurich. The month was capped by a dense awards season, with many female entrepreneurs taking the stage.
Female Founders News #33 – April 2026
April was a month of step-changes for Swiss female-founded companies, with large funding rounds and recognition stretching well beyond Switzerland.
Christine d’Ornano: Scents and Sensibility
The beauty business is a huge industry worldwide, mainly dominated by big players with lots of different brands in their portfolios. But there are also
family-owned companies that stick to tradition and refuse to be swallowed by megafirms.
10 Spring 2026 Street Style Trends to Adopt Now
…spotted at Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks and photographed by Yvonne Aeberhard Stutz
Female Founders News #32 – March 2026
March brought a record-breaking space seed funding round, several regulatory milestones, and more than 20 female-led companies entering accelerator programs or earning industry recognition—a strong start to the second quarter.
Jennifer McCloskey: From Sustainability to Resilience
Why the Next Investment Wave Has Already Begun
Dr Guy Hayward: Just Walk!
Dr Guy Hayward is a British pilgrim, singer and author, and co-founder and director of the British Pilgrimage Trust, which promotes “bring your own beliefs” pilgrimage in the UK.
Fashion in Ladies Drive No. 73: Inspirational Woman Designers
Read up about this quarter’s 4 female fashion designers, from Switzerland to Ecuador with love: SEZ, Paradis Collections, Avell, Anastasia McNeal
Last Tickets — League of Leading Ladies Conference 2026
The Chameleon Effect asks a question worth sitting with: what if true strength lies not in holding firm, but in knowing when to move?
Female Founders News #31 – February 2026
February saw more than twenty female-led startups advance through grants and innovation loans, while a handful of investments, an exit and an acquisition signaled continued confidence in healthtech and cleantech.
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