List of 10 Fascinating Women Entrepreneurs to Watch 2025
Here’s the list of companies recognized under the ‘10 Fascinating Women Entrepreneurs to Watch 2025’ issue.
Elena Herweyer
'Whenever people ask how I became a creative entrepreneur, I always go back to where it began, Kyiv, my home city, the city I totally love that taught me how to turn imagination into action.'
Cheryl Sew Hoy
Cheryl Sew Hoy built Tiny Health from necessity and determination. An engineer shaped by years in tech, she faced a challenge data alone could not solve when her first child struggled with eczema, food sensitivities, and sleepless nights. Frustrated by unanswered questions, she began to suspect the gut held clues to early health that few were exploring.
Julie Bornstein
Julie Bornstein is a retail innovator who built her career around understanding how people express themselves through what they buy. She helped shape how consumers shop online, leading digital strategy at Sephora and Nordstrom when e-commerce was still taking form.
Sahra-Josephine Hjorth
Raised in Aarhus by a Danish mother and an Iranian father who fled conflict, Sahra-Josephine Hjorth saw early how opportunity can change lives. During her Ph.D., she founded CanopyLAB to make digital learning personal, social, and guided by curiosity rather than instruction.
Helene Lassen Nørlem
Helene Lassen Nørlem is a designer who built Tiimo around understanding how people think, feel, and live. While studying digital design and communication at the IT University of Copenhagen, she became fascinated by how people experience time and how differently our minds find structure.
Suzanne Zamany Andersen
Suzanne Zamany Andersen is a physicist who moved from research to entrepreneurship with focus and resolve. What began as curiosity about electrochemical processes became NitroVolt, her effort to turn air, water, and electricity into a cleaner way to make fertilisers.
Irene Atance
Irene Atance is a Spanish-born entrepreneur and founder of Go Cirkulär, a Malmö-based skincare company that repurposes discarded coffee grounds into natural beauty products.
Anna Luísa Beserra
Anna Luísa Beserra grew up in Salvador, in Brazil’s northeast, where limited infrastructure and a harsh climate shaped daily life.
Jumoke Dada
Jumoke Dada is a designer, architect, and entrepreneur who turned a personal struggle into a movement to bring African culture into modern homes. When she founded Taeillo in Lagos in 2018, she set out to create furniture that reflected identity and everyday living.
Kanpassorn Eix
Kanpassorn Eix is a dentist turned entrepreneur who founded Ooca to make mental health care more accessible and free from stigma. What began with her experience in military clinics became a digital platform connecting people with licensed professionals through video and text.