How to Empower Founders Across the Developing World (A Conversation with Alisée de Tonnac)

In this episode of Getting Serious, Woody Wade sits down with Alisée de Tonnac, Co-Founder and CEO of Seedstars, to explore what it takes to empower founders across the developing world.

From La Paz to Karachi and Kigali, Alisée shares how Seedstars has supported thousands of entrepreneurs through programs, investment funds, and community building in over 80 countries. She explains how her team balances profit and purpose, how AI is helping reach last-mile founders in local languages, and why job creation remains the single most powerful driver of change.

The conversation also touches on Switzerland’s role as a hub for impact investing, Alisée’s own path from L’Oréal to global entrepreneurship, and the next phase of Seedstars: moving from services to a scalable product platform that unlocks capital for founders everywhere.

This episode is available on YouTube and Spotify.