#26: One year of podcasting, or how giving up on a designer bag can help female founders - Katia Yakovleva, Bettine Schmitz
Description
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 Yakovleva
Katia is a Berlin-based entrepreneur currently working on her next venture. Previously, she had spent more than a decade at Spotify and co-founded a web3 analytics startup. She is an active angel investor and - a mentor at Techstars and other startup accelerators.
About Bettine Schmitz
Bettine is a believer in the unharnessed potential of female founders. To this end she set up Auxxo - an investment company focusing on female entrepreneurs. Prior to that, she accelerated nearly 100 companies at Axel Springer Plug and play and has made nearly 20 angel investments.
About Darya Kamkalova:
Darya is a data industry professional, a startup mentor, a co-founder of Manifest Taproom (a craft beer bar in Berlin), and a speaker. She is committed to narrowing the gender investment gap for female founders and diverse teams. Darya is based in Berlin, Germany.
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