You must know these 5 Munich female founders

In our interview series 'Women in Tech,' we introduce female founders from the Munich startup scene. What would they have liked to know before founding their first company, how has their company been financed so far, and what motivated them to start a business in the first place? We're introducing you to five of the founders who addressed these questions on International Women's Day. You can find many more female founders, as well as investors, in the category 'Women in Tech'.



Barbara Prähofer from Exomatter: She co-founded the startup in 2022. The search for new materials is difficult for R&D departments, as they are too often still dependent on trial-and-error methods in the laboratory. With the help of computer simulations, Exomatter change that. We wanted to hear from Barbara Prähofer in the Women in Techinterview know the motivation behind their founding: "I founded my first company at school as part of a student project and since then I have had the entrepreneurial spirit within me. What motivated me Exomatter co-founding is that with our groundbreaking technology, we have a great leverage to strengthen the innovative power of companies, because 90 percent of all innovations are based on materials." (Photo: Exomatter / Team Schnurrbart)
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Helen Duran

As an editor, economic geographer Helen Duran has been working for you in the local startup scene since 2015. She's curious to hear your exciting startup stories!

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