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

Estelle Roux-Stevens 🇳🇱
Co-founder, StellarUp

Our 6th cohort of fellows🔥

Lusanne Tehupuring 🇳🇱
Co-founder, Enatom

Carla Wyburn 🇵🇹
Co-founder, English Coach AI

Viviana Pinto 🇮🇹
Co-founder, Discentis

Annabel Declercq 🇧🇪
Co-founder, d-teach

Anaelle Guillen-Meyer 🇫🇷
Co-founder, FrenchLab

Hatla Johnsen 🇩🇰
Co-founder, uQualio

Laura Cesaro 🇮🇹
Co-founder, Sirius Game

Heather Lyons 🇬🇧
Co-founder, Kita Education

Evelina Necula 🇷🇴
Co-founder, Kinderpedia

Feiya Long 🇫🇮
Co-founder, Moi Panda

Charlotte von Dryander 🇩🇪
Co-founder, Sirius

Our 5th cohort of fellows🔥

Kosima Kovar 🇦🇹
Co-founder, Ada App

Maria Le Mura 🇫🇷
Co-founder, Beyond Words

Eloïse Ghertman 🇫🇷
CEO, Gymglish

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

Nejma Belkhdim 🇫🇷 Co-founder, Nolej.ai

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 our next cohort.

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.