Women have innovation potential, but still rarely dare to take the step into self-employment.
The proportion of female founders in Germany and Hamburg is growing steadily, but women are still underrepresented in the startup scene. Most startups are founded by men, especially the capital-intensive ones. The Hamburg Senate has therefore decided to set up a female founders programme and to provide even more support for female founders in Hamburg, for example in the areas of financing and law. Female founders events are also intended to facilitate the exchange and networking of female founders with each other and with investors.
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News | Jan 14, 2025University of Hamburg announces 10 EXIST-Women scholarships
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News | Jan 10, 2025Female innovators wanted for the IDEE-Förderpreis
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News | Oct 8, 20243 startups from female founders that received funding in 2024
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News | Sep 19, 2024FemupStartups invites you to speed networking at Bits & Pretzels
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News | Jun 24, 2024traceless cooperates with Mondi for plastic-free paper coating
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News | Jun 11, 2024The Innovation in Digital Equality Award enters its fourth round
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News | Jun 7, 2024INLEAP Photonics takes first place at Female StartAperitivo 2024
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News | May 21, 2024TimeTeller wins at the German Startup Awards
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News | May 16, 2024HandsOn! enters the final of Female StartAperitivo 2024 for Hamburg
Female Founders in Hamburg
Hamburg is home to many female founders who have successfully developed their business idea into a profitable company. Traceless materials by Anne Lamp and Johanna Baare, for example, offers an alternative to plastics based on natural ingredients.
At the deep-tech startup ai-omatic, the founding team includes one woman and two men. It has launched a cloud-based software solution for predictive maintenance of machines.
Support Programmes & Organizations
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Incubators, Accelerators & Company Builder
Exist Gründerstipendium
"EXIST startup grant supports students, graduates and scientists from universities and scientists from universities and non-university research institutions"Learn more -
Incubators, Accelerators & Company Builder
Health Innovation Port (HIP)
As a meeting point for the health industry and health startups, the HIP bundles competencies and provides services such as coaching and infrastructure.Learn more -
Non-Profits
HKBiS
As the education service of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, we offer professional development for a wide range of sectors and business areas, as well as courses to strengthen the personal and methodological skills of employees. We have...Learn more -
The percentage of women among startup founders is still low. Women often face the challenge of balancing startup and family life. Yet female founders place more emphasis on sustainability and the ecological impact of their company than male founders do; this is incredibly important for the future and should be further encouraged. Some successful female founders are already showing that women are also made for entrepreneurship and can be an inspiring role model for other women who want to start their own businesses.
