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\"Verena
Verena Pausder<\/strong>: Chairwoman of the Startup Association and serial founder. Pausder has headed the Startup Association since December 2023 and is considered one of the key figures in the German startup scene. Entrepreneur, activist, and thought leader: She fights for more diversity, international talent, and sustainable deep-tech innovations. Her particular concern is digital education, which she not only advocates but also advances with her own startups. In the Women in Tech interview<\/a> She discusses current trends in digital education and explains what steps are necessary to make German startups permanently successful and competitive. (Photo: Patrycia Lukas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Vanessa
Vanessa Theel from Summ AI:<\/strong> In 2022, Vanessa Theel founded the startup Summ AI together with Flora Geske and Nicholas Wolf. Your AI-powered tool<\/a> simplifies complex texts into plain language at the touch of a button. This helps companies provide information faster, more cost-effectively, and more accessible \u2013 while simultaneously complying with legal requirements. This becomes particularly relevant with the Accessibility Improvement Act, which comes into force in 2025. In conversation<\/a> Vanessa Theel reveals her motivation for founding the company, offers tips, and shares her most important learnings. (Photo: Summ AI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Tina
Tina Ruseva from Mentessa.<\/strong> Back in 2019, Ruseva founded Mentessa, a startup that helps companies share knowledge in a targeted manner and better connect employees. But the platform we have developed at mbiomics is radically different. <\/a>suggests suitable mentors, learning partners, but also for formal upskilling offers and further career opportunities \u2013 for social learning as well as for formal further training. Ruseva herself calls herself interview<\/a>A "Woman in Tech turned Entrepreneur." She studied Media Informatics at LMU Munich, began her career at Microsoft, and after earning an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation (TUM), found her calling as a founder. Since then, she has launched several startups and social initiatives, including the "Big & Growing New Work" festival and the German New Work Association. (Photo: Haufe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Rosaria
Rosaria Di Donna from Familymind AI:<\/strong> Di Donna is co-founder and CEO of Familymind AI \u2013 an AI-powered platform that relieves families in their everyday lives. Together with Mousa Abdelmaksoud (CTO) and Ariane Vogel (CPO), she aims to reduce mental stress and distribute care work more fairly. Di Donna, who was part of the Women in TechInterviews<\/a> Expecting her second child, she combines technological expertise with the drive to drive social change. (Photo: Rosaria Di Donna\/ Familymind AI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Lena<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lena Naderer from Filu:<\/strong> \u201cShow that you have the power to make a difference,\u201d says Lena Naderer in our Women in Tech-interview<\/a>She did just that with her founding of Filu, a modern veterinary practice with a feel-good factor that now has four locations across Germany. The startup relies on digital services like online appointment booking and combines them with high-tech medical technology: Operating rooms and its own in-house laboratory are part of the equipment. In the interview<\/a> Lena Naderer talks about her idea to make veterinary practices more digital and what "Feel Good" means to her. (Photo: Filu\/ Photographer Julia Sch\u00e4rdel)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our interview series 'Women in Tech,' we showcase outstanding female founders from the startup scene. We're introducing you to five of the women in tech who answered our questions in time for International Women's Day 2025. You can find many more in the 'Women in Tech' category.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":108190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5636,1083,4586],"tags":[891,4220],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWomen in Tech: 5 beeindruckende Gr\u00fcnderinnen - Munich Startup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In unserer Interviewreihe 'Women in Tech' zeigen wir herausragende Gr\u00fcnderinnen aus der Startup-Szene. 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