Just 13 of the companies on this year’s Sifted 100, a leaderboard of France and Southern Europe’s fastest-growing startups by revenue figures, were founded by women. Notably, three of them made it into the top 10.
Meet the women founders behind France and Southern Europe's fastest growing startups
Women remain deeply underrepresented in deeptech and fintech
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