Supporting the growth of the most promising female founders in Europe 🇪🇺
Apply for the next cohort starting September 30th, 2024!
Applications close on August 30th, 2024
Our Manifesto
A global survey by HolonIQ shows that only 13% (104) of women CEO lead the top 800 Edtech companies worldwide compared to 87% of men, despite women playing a prominent role in positions such as school teachers and principals (70% of the world's primary school teachers are women).
We want to change that by helping existing women founders grow their business and becoming role models for the next generation of entrepreneurs.
We believe in the power of networks. With this fellowship we wish to revisit traditional business networks to make this one more result-oriented in order to help female-led businesses step up:
The female edtech fellowship is meant to be a strong business focused network for the most promising women founders in European Edtech.
Our fellowship is dedicated to women ready to help each other and benefit from the collective knowledge & intelligence to scale and solve business issues.
Let’s join forces and pull together for a brighter future.
Building a strong business network for women to help them scale
Increasing the access to funding opportunities
Strengthening an ecosystem for women entrepreneurs and inclusive startups
We have three main missions:
And the ambitious vision of a world where....
Women represent 50% of Edtech founders in Europe by 2030
Startups including at least one woman co-founder get 50% of funding by 2030
Women who participate in our fellowship see their business grow significantly after the programme
Charlotte von Dryander 🇩🇪
Co-founder, Sirius
Our 5th cohort of fellows🔥
Kosima Kovar 🇦🇹
Co-founder, Ada App
Maria Le Mura 🇫🇷
Co-founder, Beyond Words
Petra Mestrom 🇳🇱
Founder, Greenscreenbox
Jessica Zeller 🇩🇪
Co-founder, Edkimo
Natalia Pereldik 🇬🇧
Co-founder, Funexpected
Eva van Leeuwen 🇳🇱
Co-founder, Young Heroes
Elisabeth Schmoutziguer Bender 🇳🇱
Co-founder, Grasple
Anna Kraft 🇸🇪
CEO, Lexplore
Our 4th cohort of fellows🔥
Taina Mikkola 🇫🇮 Co-founder, TinyApp
Katrin-Ann Orbeta 🇮🇹 Co-founder, Mash&co
Anna Gawin 🇦🇹 Co-founder, Apprentigo
Joya Silva 🇩🇪 Co-founder, Silber Salon
Lieselot Declercq 🇧🇪 Co-founder, D-teach
Kristine Brown 🇬🇧 Founder, Chalkboard
Henny Hoekstra 🇳🇱 Co-founder, Pluvo
Iris E. Gisladottir 🇮🇸
Co-founder, Evolytes
Skaiste Lazdauskaite - Ivanauske 🇱🇹 Co-founder, Scoolsy
Olga Ruf-Fiedler 🇨🇭 Co-founder, Cat'n'Clever
Anke Paulick 🇩🇪 Co-founder, Evoach
Anna Stephenson 🇬🇧 Co-founder, IPI Education
Our 3rd cohort of fellows🔥
Alma Moya Losada 🇨🇭 Co-founder, Aequaland
Kavitha Ravindran 🇬🇧 Co-founder, SAInaptic
Mihaela Kawinska 🇲🇩 Co-founder, Bloomcoding
Caro Aschemeier 🇩🇪 Co-founder, Deutschfuchs
Marloes van Gasteren 🇳🇱 Co-founder, SpringLab
Daisy Hill 🇬🇧 Co-founder, Zzish
Bien Vanderstappen 🇧🇪 Co-founder, TEO training
Kelly Lilles 🇪🇪
Co-founder, Alpa Kids
Nina Wieretiło 🇵🇱 Co-founder, Educat Study
Amanda Maiwald 🇩🇪 Co-founder, Complori
Somayeh Aghnia 🇬🇧 Co-founder, Word Up
Aleksandra Maravic 🇮🇹 Co-founder, Beyond The Box
Jurgita Jaruševičienė 🇱🇹 Co-founder, Mokosi
Our 2nd cohort of fellows🔥
Kaisa Vuorinen 🇫🇮 Co-founder, Positive Learning
Stine Schulz 🇩🇰 Founder, learningbank
Cristina Angelillo 🇮🇹 Co-founder, Marshmallow Games
Mervi Palander 🇫🇮 Co-founder, GraphoGame
Elia Barahona Márquez 🇪🇸 Co-founder, ClassOnLive
Sylvie Milverton 🇫🇷 Co-founder, Lynx Educate
Diana Knodel 🇩🇪 Co-founder, Fobizz
Ingrid Skrede 🇳🇴 Co-founder, Ludenso
Miriam Mertens 🇩🇪 Co-founder, DeepSkill
Aleksandra Kozera 🇵🇱 Founder, The Village
Sara Zetterberg 🇸🇪 Co-founder, Haldor
Catherine de Vulpillières 🇫🇷 Co-founder, EvidenceB
Aude Gueneau 🇫🇷 Founder, Plume
Claudia Rademaker 🇸🇪 Co-founder, Dugga
Our 1st cohort of fellows🔥
Anna Iarotska 🇦🇹 Founder, Robowunderkind
Dora Palfi 🇸🇪 Co-founder, ImagiLabs
Sari Hurme-Mehtälä 🇫🇮 Co-founder, KideScience
Nele Mletschkowsky 🇩🇪 Co-founder, Quofox
Riccarda Zezza 🇮🇹 Co-founder, Lifeed
Monika Katkute 🇱🇹 Founder, Teachers Lead Tech
Dasha Abramova 🇷🇺 Founder, Codabra
Nathalie Lesselin🇨🇭 Founder, Kokoro Lingua
Marie Mérouze 🇫🇷 Founder, Marbotic
Kadri Tuisk 🇪🇪 Founder, Clanbeat Education
Emilie Joly🇨🇭 Co-founder, Zoe
Madeleine Wolf 🇩🇪 Co-founder, VisionYOU
Dorka Horvath 🇭🇺 Co-founder, Bookr Kids
WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY
Testimonials from our alumni
"The best thing that happened to me in the entire year! Sometimes I felt very lonely in the Edtech space, but the program gave me a real community and plenty of first-hand knowledge and experience." Dorka Horvath, Co-founder, Bookr Kids 🇭🇺
The best mentors for me in my startup years have been the other female edtech fellows who understand the challenges and opportunities in this industry. The knowledge, passion and support from this cohort has been highly valuable. You should not miss the opportunity to join FEF! Sari Hurme-Mehtälä, Co-founder, Kide Science 🇫🇮
COME&JOIN! It is an amazing opportunity to connect with incredible entrepreneurs sharing the same challenges, exchange best practices, meet exceptional experts in EdTech and growth. I strongly recommend this fellowship! Nathalie Lesselin, Founder, Kokoro Lingua 🇨🇭
"Being connected to so many bright women and being able to openly share your challenges and support each other is invaluable. I highly recommend this program." Anna Iarotska, Co-founder, Robo Wunderkind 🇦🇹
"I learned more during the FEF week-end get-together, than I did in the entire year by myself. You should join this programme!" Ingrid Skrede, Co-founder, Ludenso 🇳🇴
"This is the best and most supportive community of highly talented female entrepreneurs I've ever found" Miriam Mertens, Co-founder, Deepskill 🇩🇪
"It's been so special to join this amazing group of female founders - a true community that offers support, insights, shared experiences. Highly recommended!" Sylvie Milverton, Co-founder, Lynx Educate 🇫🇷
"The FEF has truly made a significant difference for me. It served as a real accelerator in my experience, offering valuable and actionable insights on various strategic aspects." Nejma Belkhdim, Co-founder, Nolej.ai 🇫🇷
"The program has given new insights and practical tips on how to take one's own business forward. The best part has been getting to know outstanding female entrepreneurs with a strong passion for making an impact and building a successful business. It is a privilege to be part of this group. I highly recommend applying!" Taina Mikkola, Co-founder, TinyApp 🇫🇮
"What a transformative journey. The invaluable skills, diverse perspectives, and lifelong connections I gained have propelled me forward. Joining this cohort is an investment in personal and professional growth. Don't miss this opportunity!" Lieselot Declercq, Co-founder, d-teach 🇧🇪
"This invaluable program equips entrepreneurs with essential skills, fosters personal growth, and creates lasting connections within the entrepreneurial ecosystem." Kavitha Ravindran , Co-founder, sAInaptic 🇬🇧
Some of our guest speakers
They spend time talking about their story and sharing their skills with our fellows.
Want to become a fellow?
We are looking for 10-15 fellows for a 6th cohort starting Sept 30th, 2024.
Our fellowship is a 6-month programme for women founders in Edtech and includes collective problem solving sessions, live online thematic discussions with experts, one week-end offline (near Paris, France) to get together and build even stronger links. It's a 2 hours per month commitment for each fellow. Participation fee is 1500€ per fellow for the entire programme (mid-programme retreat cost included).
You are a female founder
of an Edtech startup in seed/growth stage
based in Europe
& are available 1h per month to participate in the activities and one week-end to meet other fellows in person
Requirements:
Who's Behind This?
Beth Havinga
Managing Director︱
European Edtech Alliance
Svenia Busson
Chairwoman of the board︱European Edtech Alliance
Founder and programme host
Our partners and sponsors
The Female Edtech Fellowship is run by the European EdTech Alliance, a non-for-profit that aims to work collaboratively to increase cross-border co-operation and innovation in education in Europe. We are a consortium of 25 trade and industry associations and accelerators and represent more than 2500 startups in Europe.
