Analysis

November 23, 2022

Surprise, surprise: Female founders are still underrepresented in German tech

The share of female founders is just 20% in one of Europe's largest ecosystems


We all know the drill by now: European tech has an abysmal track record when it comes to gender diversity in startup teams. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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