Analysis

January 28, 2020

Europe’s fastest growing startups with female founders

Women to watch in 2020.


Kitty Knowles

6 min read

Female founders of fast growing startups in Europe.

Just 2.5% of European startups with multiple founders have entirely female founder teams, while around a fifth of startups have a sole female founder.

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