Wolf Theiss has announced a partnership with the Women’s Entrepreneurship Foundation (Fundacja Przedsiebiorczosci Kobiet) in Poland, as part of what the firm describes as its "long-term commitment to supporting professional development and social capital among women."
The newly-announced collaboration was launched on June 21 with a networking event in the firm's Warsaw office that drew over 200 participants. The topic of the event was joint investments by women. The speakers included Kinga Nowakowska, CEO of Black Swan Fund, which invests in start-ups founded by women; Katarzyna Pawlikowska, Mentor of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Foundation and co-author of the research report "Polki"/"Polish Women"; and Malgorzata Bonikowska, President of THINKTANK, a Polish research and social organization.
"Our firm has long been engaged in initiatives that support women’s professional development, so the Women’s Entrepreneurship Foundation was a natural choice of a partner as we continue to pursue our goals in this area," said Marta Albrecht-Niedzialek, Operations and Marketing Communications Manager at the Warsaw office of Wolf Theiss. "We are very pleased that our kick-off event drew such incredible interest and was such an overwhelming success".
"We are very pleased by this new relationship with Wolf Theiss, which is already bearing fruit," said Katarzyna Wierzbowska from the Women’s Entrepreneurship Foundation. "Events like this help women develop the confidence necessary for establishing and running successful businesses."
According to Wolf Theiss, "for the past four years, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Foundation has been running programs helping women establish their own businesses, gain external financing and enter new markets. The Foundation has initiated and supported a thriving business networking community (the Entrepreneurial Women Network), runs its own acceleration program ('Business in Women’s Hands'), and supports the activities of women business angels."
