Female Founders Award

Competition

Apply for the Female Founders Award

The Female Founders Award aims to raise the visibility of female founders. Female (co-)founders can apply or be nominated until March 7.

Jennifer Roscher

Interview with the founder

Jennifer Roscher: “Through the crisis together!”

Jennifer Roscher co-founded Mymary. As CEO, the business graduate built the startup, founded in 2015, which then really took off in 2019.

One Mission

Women in Tech

One Mission and the Female Investors Network

One Mission is now a Munich-based initiative that aims to bring more diversity to Munich startups. At the same time, the…

"I don't fight a battle I can't win," says Christina Polleti Cluno

Women in Tech

“A very good sense for future opportunities”: Christina Polleti of Cluno

Christina Polleti and her husband Nico founded the mobility startup Cluno together with a long-time friend, Andreas Schuierer – after they…

Mareike Wächter Banovo

Women in Tech

“It is important that the framework conditions are such that everyone has comparable opportunities” – Mareike Wächter in an interview

Bathroom renovation made easy — under this premise, Mareike Wächter, together with her co-founder Michael Dreimann, took part in the 2015…

Women in Tech

Catharina van Delden: “Insatiable curiosity for new things”

In an interview with Innosabi founder and CEO Catharina van Delden: The Munich-based startup is a kind of "one-stop shop" for innovations — hence…

Female founders, startups

Inside Stories

Female founders wanted: The German startup world under the microscope

85 percent of startups founded in 2019 are led exclusively by men, while 7 percent are led exclusively by women. The remaining…

KfW Startup Report 2019

KfW Startup Report 2019

“The startup scene in Germany lacks women”

More startups in Germany, but too few women founding startups — the KfW Startup Report 2019 paints a mixed picture of the...

Veronika Riederle

ecosystem

Interview with Demodesk founder Veronika Riederle

Just at the end of October, Demodesk announced a successful seed financing round of $2.3 million. The Munich-based startup, which develops a screen-sharing platform for…

Gloria Seibert

Women in Tech

“Be interested in your counterpart!” — Temedica founder Gloria Seibert in an interview

Gloria Seibert is CEO of an e-health startup, the digital therapy companion Temedica. Founded in 2016 together with CTO Clemens Kofler, her startup received…

Darboven IDEE Award

Needs Review

Darboven Idea Award 2019: Application period open

Wanted: Women with entrepreneurial spirit! The Albert & Edda Darboven Foundation is once again looking for young female entrepreneurs who…

Needs Review

Delia Fischer from Westwing receives LaMonachia business award

For the first time, Mayor Josef Schmid has honored two representatives of Munich's business community with the LaMonachia Business Award for Women. The winners…