Meet the 2023 finalists

Award Ceremony

Watch the replay of the UBS Female Founder Award 2023 award ceremony held on the 14th December, where we recognize the outstanding finalists of 2023 and announce the winner and the nominee for “Rising Star”. Listen to a panel discussion of UBS and Anthemis on traction to action on the funding gap and hear of the award winner and nominees, and the program that awaits our finalists.

Thank you to our client advisors, venture capital partners, startup and fintech experts and collaborators who have nominated an amazing group of over 120 founders this year.

The jury of UBS senior management and external experts selected these ten outstanding female founders and C-executives for the 2023 award shortlist.

All finalists deeply impressed the jury with their individual journeys, proof-points and stories and will leave their mark in the fintech and tech space.

Our finalists

Ajaita Shah

Ajaita Shah

Frontier Markets Consultancy Pvt Ltd
Founder

Ana Mahony

Ana Mahony

Addition Wealth
Founder

Jennifer Kyle

Jennifer Kyle

Condor Software
Founder

Loretta Chen

Loretta Chen

Smobler
Co-founder

Mélanie Keita

Mélanie Keita

Melanin Kapital
Founder

Sara Du

Sara Du

Alloy Automation
Founder

Simran Kang

Simran Kang

MyFO
Co-founder

Sofie Quidenus-Wahlforss

Sofie Quidenus-Wahlforss

omni:us
Founder

Vivi Hu

Vivi Hu

YoujiVest Hong Kong Limited
Co-founder

Yanmo Omorogbe

Yanmo Omorogbe

Bamboo
Co-founder


Winner

Congratulations to Ana Mahony of www.additionwealth.com. The traction and potential of her hybrid investment and financial solution for employees, her leadership and role modeling for diversity convinced our jury.

We're proud to level the playing field by helping women make the most of their money.

Ana Mahony, Addition Wealth Founder

Ana Mahony

Rising star:

Congratulations to Mélanie Keita as being UBS Female Founder 2023 Rising Star. Given the applicants of the female founder award were of different maturity in their founder journey, we are highlighting Mélanie’s work with www.melaninkapital.com/ as a founder to watch.

Mélanie Keita