The Female Founders Initiative aims at making a real impact in the Swiss society by empowering female founders and creating a more inclusive startup environment. We believe that in order to create a more diverse startup eco-system it is important to investigate and understand the reasons behind the underrepresentation of female founders in the Swiss startup scene.

Women are still highly underrepresented in the startup sector with currently only around 20% female (co-)founders. This is a societal and systemic issue for gender equality, as well as a missed opportunity for the economy. With our project, we aim to tackle this problem and alter the narrative about women entrepreneurs in Switzerland. In the end, we want to significantly increase the number of female founders in Switzerland!