Les Audacieuses is a programme that is fully covered by La Ruche. It supports women who want to create a company to meet an issue in society, all over France.

La Ruche, is a structure that helps and supports start-up projects, dedicated to social innovation. Co-working, incubation, events, partnerships, there’s lots on the list of actions set up which aims to encourage projects to come to life and be implemented that have an impact on the whole country. It was set up in 2008, and has 10 spaces today, from Paris to Marseille, St Nazaire to Montpellier, to accommodate small and large companies, public authorities and municipalities in ecosystems favourable to hatching and spinning off ideas and projects, by drawing on known social and economic dynamics.

The brand has chosen to make a commitment to support the Girl Bosses of tomorrow, and this is what’s behind the brand joining the “Les Audacieuses” (Bold Women) programme, supported by La Ruche.
I.Code gives the Audacieuse personalised support, putting her in touch with in-house experts about current hot topics, to refine her project. After that, the brand rolls out a communication campaign around this partnership and respective products.
A full-on Girl Power partnership, to wake up the Girl Boss that’s in each of us and rave about “Woman Can”!

Find out about two “audacieuses”, Marie and Sofia, who we supported in 2022. They completely share Mademoiselle I.Code’s values, like making your dreams come true without setting yourself any limits, being conscious of the planet’s challenges, and making life sparkle, today and tomorrow!

For this emblematic day, I.Code is making a commitment by creating two exclusive T-shirts. All of the profits generated from the sale of these two T-shirts in March 2023 will be donated to the charity Femmes des Territoires which aims to develop women’s entrepreneurial activities.

Femmes des Territoires is a collaborative network of mutual assistance, based on the authenticity and sharing of skills and experiences. The network is for all women, whether they have a project or are entrepreneurs, and whatever their profile and sector Femmes des Territoires’ mission is to help increase the amount of women undertaking entrepreneurship, by interrupting entrepreneurial isolation and creating synergies between all women starting companies so that they can increase their skills.

The network was launched at the end of 2019 and is both digital, thanks to its collaborative platform, and local, with 50 local branches led by 70 voluntary coordinators all over France. Femmes des Territoires organises 450 events per year, in person and online, as meetings and workshops to increase skills. The aim is to unite 75,000 entrepreneurs and project initiators in the next 10 years.

With regard to the situation in Ukraine, we got involved by helping our Ukrainian partner within our capacity. With an office with 35 Ukrainian employees in Kharkiv, our priority was to get them to safety and act to provide moral, logistic and financial support for them every day. We also contributed to the solidarity efforts made in France through:

• Giving clothes to the French Salvation Army
• Accommodating 9 Ukrainians in Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges
• Renovating and fitting accommodation
• Helping register Ukrainian children in school
• French lessons
• Offering employment in our workshop, with a vehicle provided
• Financial assistance so they can support themselves