The Startup Studio Board and team members come from diverse backgrounds. Each individual has been selected not only for their expertise but also for their commitment to our core values of inclusion, collaboration, and sustainability. We are all united by a shared vision: to create an environment that fosters growth, innovation, and positive impact for women entrepreneurs, within their industries and beyond. People are at the heart of our mission’s success.
OUR BOARD MEMBERS
Nelly Ayoko KOUESSAN
Nelly Ayoko KOUESSAN — visionary, business mentor, and strategist in Finance & Wealth Management — is a woman of action who has been shaping the future of female entrepreneurship for the past 28 years. With deep expertise in finance, financial education, and business strategy, and a longstanding commitment to organizations supporting women entrepreneurs, she has guided and empowered hundreds of women to build profitable businesses aligned with their values.
Today, she is the founder of La Féminance, a Startup Studio dedicated to women entrepreneurs — an ecosystem designed to create, structure, and accelerate the success of women-led ventures in the Fintech world. It offers access to essential tools, strategies, and resources that are crucial for their growth.
A bold and transformative mission… Nelly carries a strong, pragmatic vision: to make entrepreneurship a powerful driver of emancipation and societal transformation. She supports women in reclaiming ownership of their financial destiny, developing their leadership, and building businesses that combine growth, impact, and sustainability.
A unique approach: she blends financial and relational intelligence, the strength of networks, and personal alignment to help women entrepreneurs build strong, economically viable, technologically innovative, and socially responsible businesses.
Tech at the service of women entrepreneurs… Joining this (extra)ordinary journey means contributing to the next chapter in the story of women’s entrepreneurship. Together, we will ensure that success is no longer determined by gender, but by heart-driven vision, authenticity, creativity — and guided by courage, alignment, and intuition.
Together, we can unlock doors of opportunity and create a future where women thrive, inspiring generations to come.