In 2022, we published a report, Citi GPS Report: Women Entrepreneurs – Catalyzing Growth, Innovation and Equality, which found that closing the gender gap in business growth could unleash an untapped pool of talent and innovation to address global challenges. In this series of conversations, we highlight some of the women building successful businesses to learn from their experiences. Please join us in conversation with Triin Linamagi, Founding Partner of Sie Ventures, to discuss: Barriers that women face in starting and growing their businesses Women entrepreneurs’ experience of raising capital in an economic downturn The innovative businesses that women entrepreneurs are building How the economic potential of women-led businesses can be unlocked

In 2022, we published a report, <a href="https://ir.citi.com/gps/BEmj0x3B9xI9lV1askcQ4i82kPQxePoOBbUjMQcA4UMMKvopj0lLpx5N9SKEpOiBewaKKUK7F7I%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-source="tiny">Citi GPS Report: Women Entrepreneurs &ndash; Catalyzing Growth, Innovation and Equality</a>, which found that closing the gender gap in business growth could unleash an untapped pool of talent and innovation to address global challenges.
&nbsp;In this series of conversations, we highlight some of the women building successful businesses to learn from their experiences.
&nbsp;Please join us in conversation with Triin Linamagi, Founding Partner of Sie Ventures, to discuss:
&nbsp;Barriers that women face in starting and growing their businesses
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<li>Women entrepreneurs&rsquo; experience of raising capital in an economic downturn</li>
<li>The innovative businesses that women entrepreneurs are building</li>
<li>How the economic potential of women-led businesses can be unlocked </li>
</ul>

Supporting women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses is the right thing to do and one of the smartest things that governments, corporations and finance communities could do economically. Yet, women entrepreneurs still face barriers to starting and growing their businesses. 

Women Entrepreneurs with SIE Ventures

Michelle Kennedy, Founder and CEO of Peanut in conversation with Sarah Courtney Dockett, Managing Director in Citi Private Bank. 
Key topics covered:
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<li>Her experience of building Peanut, and how she drives innovation</li>
<li>The challenges she has faced as a woman entrepreneur</li>
<li>What the financial community can do to better support women entrepreneurs</li>
<li>How successful women entrepreneurs can &ldquo;pay it forward&rdquo;</li>
<li>Michelle&rsquo;s advice for entrepreneurs</li>
</ul>
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About Michelle Kennedy:
Michelle Kennedy is founder and CEO of Peanut, one of the fastest-growing social networking apps for women focusing on fertility, pregnancy, motherhood and menopause, which has raised $23m to date. Michelle was formerly Deputy CEO of dating behemoth Badoo, and during her tenure was integral to and inaugural board member of Bumble, (which IPOd in 2021 at a $13bn valuation).
Having worked in social discovery for ten years, Michelle has unprecedented experience and understanding of the safety and growth components of building a social network for women and continues to execute on her mission to make Peanut the leading network to connect women when they need each other most. She is also a strategic investor in several early and late stage startups, and institutional venture capital funds.
For Citi Private Bank, Women in Wealth page, <a href="https://www.privatebank.citibank.com/women-in-wealth" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-source="tiny">click here</a>

Michelle Kennedy, Founder and CEO of Peanut in conversation with Sarah Courtney Dockett, Managing Director in Citi Private Bank. 

Women Entrepreneurs - Backing Women-Led Businesses: In Conversation with Peanut

Supporting women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses is not just the right thing to do socially, it is one of the smartest things that governments, corporations and the finance community could do economically. Yet, around the world, women entrepreneurs still face barriers to starting and growing their businesses. 
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In 2022, we published a Citi GPS report, <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://ir.citi.com/gps/BEmj0x3B9xI9lV1askcQ4i82kPQxePoOBbUjMQcA4UMMKvopj0lLpx5N9SKEpOiBewaKKUK7F7I%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-source="tiny">Women Entrepreneurs: Catalyzing Growth, Innovation, and Equality</a>, which found that closing the gender gap in business growth globally could add up to $2.3 trillion to global GDP (or a 3% increase), create up to 433 million jobs, and unleash an untapped pool of talent and innovation to address global challenges. 
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In this curated series of conversations, we highlight some of the women building successful businesses across sectors and in different regions to learn from their experiences. Our experts will explore the challenges women entrepreneurs still face, what is needed to better support them, and the significant economic opportunity that empowered women entrepreneurs present. 
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Demonstrating and championing the economic case for gender equality in the global workplace has been a consistent feature of the Citi GPS series over many years. In this new report, we have turned our attention to advocating the business case for supporting women entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses. As the world seeks to build back from the pandemic, transition to a low carbon economy, and achieve the potential of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we believe that building a gender-balanced playing field for entrepreneurs is critical. Supporting women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses is not just the right thing to do socially, it is one of the smartest things that governments, corporations, and the finance community could do economically.

Women Entrepreneurs

Supporting women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses is not just the right thing to do socially, it is one of the smartest things that governments, corporations and the finance community could do economically. Yet, around the world, women entrepreneurs still face barriers to starting and growing their businesses.

Women Entrepreneurs Series

Key topics discussed: How Oraan is creating financial solutions for underserved communities Her experience building businesses in Toronto and Karachi Attracting talented colleagues to join a woman-led fintech business What the finance industry can do to better support women entrepreneurs

Key topics discussed:
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<li>How Oraan is creating financial solutions for underserved communities</li>
<li>Her experience building businesses in Toronto and Karachi</li>
<li>Attracting talented colleagues to join a woman-led fintech business</li>
<li>What the finance industry can do to better support women entrepreneurs</li>
</ul>
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Halima Iqbal, Founder of Oraan in conversation with Ronit Ghose, Head of Future of Finance & Digital, Citi Global Insights. 