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Welcome to our #258 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight the key findings from the latest Pipeline report: “Women Count”. Female representation on FTSE 350 executive committees has declined from 33% to 32% in 2024. So what are the implications on businesses and investors? And what are the solut...

Welcome to our #257 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight our interview with Ayesha Ofori on The Purse Podcast. Ayesha is the founder and CEO of Propelle: a pioneering investment platform designed to empower women to achieve financial independence. We focus on why women need to invest in order t...

Welcome to our #256 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight the recent study by Fidelity Investments (US) which indicates that women are investing more of their money. And whilst younger women invest in higher numbers, Gen X and Boomer women have shown the most significant year-over-year growth in...

Welcome to our #255 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on research by Scottish Friendly which highlights that women are far more likely to hold their long term savings outside of tax-efficient ISAs or pensions. But women can take proactive steps to ensure their savings work harder for them. *** A...

Welcome to our #254 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight the UK Chancellor, Rachel Reeves and her support for the Invest in Women Taskforce and ‘women in the economy’. *** And you can review the news in brief so you stay on top of global financial, economic and investing trends. I hope you enjo...

Welcome to our #253 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight our interview with Ida Tin on The Purse Podcast. Ida coined the term ‘femtech’ in 2016 and co-founded Clue, the most trusted female health app. We focus on why starting Clue was important to her. And in the interview we cover Ida’s person...

Welcome to our #252 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight Selena Gomez and how she has grown her successful business empire and her personal wealth to billionaire status. *** And you can review the news in brief so you stay on top of global financial, economic and investing trends. I hope you en...

Welcome to our #250 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on research by Pantera Capital about gender compensation in the crypto sector (US). Women in crypto tend to earn 15% more on average than men, according to their research. However this can largely be explained by the fact that these women are...

Welcome to our #249 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on research by nudge global which highlights the persistent gender disparity in financial wellbeing. For example, 50% of women globally report financial anxiety, compared to 41% of men. *** And you can review the news in brief so you stay on...

Welcome to our #248 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight a short excerpt from the interview with Ozge Dogan on The Purse Podcast. Ozge is the Founder of Karman Beyond, Türkiye’s first independent multi-family office - democratising wealth management for families. We focus on how women (and the...

Welcome to our #247 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight Female Invest and their whopping £8.7m fundraise. The startup, founded by three female entrepreneurs, also secured $1m in 4mins via crowdfunding. This campaign had the highest number of female investors with 94% participation. *** And you...

Welcome to our #246 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight the interview with Marypat Smucker on The Purse Podcast. We talk about gender lens investing and what’s changed in the market since 2022. Listen to the full interview here. *** And you can review the news in brief so you stay on top of gl...

Welcome to our #245 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on Spotlight Pathology which has raised £125,000 from LYVA Labs based in Liverpool. *** And you can review the news in brief so you stay on top of global financial, economic and investing trends. I hope you enjoy this week’s newsletter. Until...

Welcome to our #244 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight an excerpt from the interview with the Christina Teo on The Purse Podcast. Christina is the chief builder of SHE1K, which is the world's first C-suite executive angel syndicate. We talk about Chris’ successful corporate career, how she im...

Welcome to our #243 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on Pitchbook’s data on female founders in the US and Europe. Female-founded startups secured 2% of the total VC capital in 2023, the lowest since 2016. But European female-founded companies with at least one female founder generated a record...

Welcome to our #242 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight a short excerpt from the interview on The Purse Podcast with financial psychiastrist Vicky Reynal. We talk about how financial psychotherapy can help address money issues, evolving gender roles, money habits, money avoidance, the impact o...

Welcome to our #241 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we share a short excerpt from the interview with Adeo Ressi, CEO of Decile Group, on The Purse Podcast. Adeo is revolutionising global entrepreneurship and venture capital (VC). As CEO of Decile Group, he helped launch nearly 50% of all new VC firms w...

Welcome to our #240 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight the top paid women CEOs in the S&P 500, but only 25 women are included in the list, and men continue to significantly out earn women at the most senior level. Even though studies show women outperform in 17 out of 19 leadership skills, th...

Welcome to our #239 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on Melinda French Gates’ announcement on Tuesday that she will be donating $1bn to women and girls over the next 2 years. We highlight why this is important and how Melinda has decided to allocate the money over a two year period. (Re) listen...

Welcome to our #238 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight a short excerpt from the interview with Professor Linda Scott on The Purse Podcast. Linda Scott is Emeritus DP World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Oxford, as well as a visiting professor at Brown University w...

Welcome to our #237 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight the interview on The Purse Podcast with Grace O’Brien and Sam Rowlands, creative leaders at AKQA and co-founders of Pink Chip: a collection of indices which measures the outperformance of women-led companies against global benchmarks such...

Welcome to our #236 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight a talk by Ali Crossley who is a Managing Director of Distribution at Legal & General. She focuses on the barriers that hold women back in the financial services sector and what can be done to change that. *** And you can review the news i...

Welcome to our #235 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight the interview with Rachel Cook, who is the Founder and CEO of Seeds. It is a Web3 startup which allows contributors to build their wealth through crypto by giving. After working as a stock trader and encountering gender discrimination, Ra...

Welcome to our #233 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we profile the legendary Sharon Lechter who we interviewed on The Purse Podcast. Sharon is responsible for building the world’s largest personal finance brand. Few may know that she is the co-author of Rich Dad Poor Dad (with Robert Kiyosaki), and she...

Welcome to our #232 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on tennis star Serena Williams and her venture firm which has invested in 85 startups, 14 of which have since achieved unicorn status. *** And you can review the news in brief so you stay on top of global financial, economic and investing tre...