In this episode, CMS Partner Katie Nagy de Nagybaczon speaks to Izzy Obeng , the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Foundervine, one of the largest and most active accelerator ecosystems in the UK. Foundervine has supported the acceleration of 663 businesses, empowered 1,932 leaders, and helped raise £75 million in funding, creating 1,353 new jobs.

They discuss:

• Her journey from being a management consultant to female founder of a start-up accelerator programme
• Her insight into the secret of being a successful founder
• Importance of creating space to connect with others and building a network that will root for you
• How Foundervine’s research hold stakeholders of the entrepreneur ecosystem accountable to removing the unconscious biases to towards female founders as highlighted in the Rose Review.

You can find this episode and all previous episodes here, or on your usual podcast channel.

About the Talking to #LeadHers series

​​​​Talking to #LeadHers is a podcast series featuring inspirational founders from the CMS equIP programme and aims to extend the conversation around female entrepreneurship.

In each episode we focus on the actions that we can each take to drive change and promote diversity.

Each episode is chaired by a member of the CMS equIP accelerator programme and provides an in-depth view of the entrepreneurial journey. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The #LeadHers campaign was established back in April 2019, in response to findings that, compared with male counterparts, female entrepreneurs face additional challenges when founding start-ups.

Find out more about #LeadHers