These female founders are competing at Female StartAperitivo 2026
The Female Founders Contest brings together Germany’s best female entrepreneurs. Ahead of the grand final on 10 September in Berlin, a series of semi-finals are on the agenda. Under the well-established name Female StartAperitivo, the Hamburg event is set to take place on 11 June. In this article you can find out which eight female founders and their startups have qualified.
Eight female founders with strong tech solutions
Female StartAperitivo was launched six years ago by the Hamburg Investors Network to help female founders gain greater visibility and access to capital. They are still at a disadvantage compared to their male counterparts, particularly in the tech sector. This makes it all the more remarkable that all eight applicants this year fall into this category:
Jacqueline Orner of 3D-bautec. offers a 3D printing system for cost-effective and carbon-neutral housing construction.
Anina Tietjens, through Anori Tech, is enabling faster and more cost-effective development of battery projects.
Christina Linke of Clean Ocean Coatings promises significantly longer durability and reduced environmental impact with her hull coating for ships.
Anusha Akkina’s startup Aurelytix relies on AI to generate real-time financial analyses for businesses.
Parnian Fazel also uses artificial intelligence at Biohugs to analyse body data.
Alexandra Stella Kluge is the third founder to compete with an AI startup. pickz ai offers digital advice on buying glasses.
Yelda Nur Demirdöğen has developed a process with exaere that enables the recycling of rare earth elements.
Jacqueline De Lora simplifies and speeds up testing procedures in medicine and biology with SURFACtoBioTech.
If you’d like to attend the Female StartAperitivo at Nochtspeicher on 11 June and find out which female founder makes it to the final, be sure to grab a ticket soon.
