After the success of the UBS Female Founder Award in 2021 and 2022, the program is back for its third year! The UBS Female Founder Award recognises female start-up founders, co-founders, or c-suite executives in the fin-tech and enterprise tech space.
Join UBS for the global launch of this year’s award on 14th September and find out details for nominators and participants including how to apply, judges’ criteria, rewards for participants and more.
A 2021 UBS report entitled, “The Funding Gap – Investors and female entrepreneurs,” found that female founders and entrepreneurs receive less funding than their male counterparts. As a result, women are lacking in equal opportunities to innovate and build successful companies that contribute to the global economy. Furthermore, there is an abundance of evidence to suggest that female founders and entrepreneurs, who receive funding, develop businesses that perform as well, or even better, than their male counterparts, which suggests investors are missing out on attractive investment opportunities.
In 2021 this was awarded to Kimberley Abbott of Vested Impact as she impressed the jury with her track record as well as her demonstrated leadership both within Vested Impact and in the wider female entrepreneur community. Danielle Lawrence of Freyda took home the award in 2022. Find out more about the award’s previous winners here!
We look forward to the launch of this year’s awards and are excited to see which brilliant female founder takes home the prize.
Find out more and save the date for the 2023 award launch here.
