Supporting the growth of the most promising female founders in Europe ๐ช๐บ
Apply for the next cohort starting January 22nd, 2024!
Applications close on January 13th, 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.
Letโs join forces and pull together for a brighter future.
We have three main missions:
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
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
Our 4th cohort of fellows๐ฅ
Taina Mikkola ๐ซ๐ฎ Co-founder, TinyApp
Katrin-Ann Orbeta ๐ฎ๐น Co-founder, Mash&co
Joya Silva ๐ฉ๐ช Co-founder, Silber Salon
Lieselot Declercq ๐ง๐ช Co-founder, D-teach
Skaiste Lazdauskaite - Ivanauske ๐ฑ๐น Co-founder, Scoolsy
Olga Ruf-Fiedler ๐จ๐ญ Co-founder, Cat'n'Clever
Anke Paulick ๐ฉ๐ช Co-founder, Evoach
Kristine Brown ๐ฌ๐ง Founder, Chalkboard
Henny Hoekstra ๐ณ๐ฑ Co-founder, Pluvo
Iris E. Gisladottir ๐ฎ๐ธ
Co-founder, Evolytes
Anna Gawin ๐ฆ๐น Co-founder, Apprentigo
Our 3rd cohort of fellows๐ฅ
Anna Stephenson ๐ฌ๐ง Co-founder, IPI Education
Alma Moya Losada ๐จ๐ญ Co-founder, Aequaland
Kavitha Ravindran ๐ฌ๐ง Co-founder, SAInaptic
Caro Aschemeier ๐ฉ๐ช Co-founder, Deutschfuchs
Marloes van Gasteren ๐ณ๐ฑ Co-founder, SpringLab
Nina Wieretiลo ๐ต๐ฑ Co-founder, Educat Study
Amanda Maiwald ๐ฉ๐ช Co-founder, Complori
Somayeh Aghnia ๐ฌ๐ง Co-founder, Word Up
Aleksandra Maravic ๐ฎ๐น Co-founder, Beyond The Box
Daisy Hill ๐ฌ๐ง Co-founder, Zzish
Bien Vanderstappen ๐ง๐ช Co-founder, TEO training
Kelly Lilles ๐ช๐ช
Co-founder, Alpa Kids
Mihaela Kawinska ๐ฒ๐ฉ Co-founder, Bloomcoding
Our 2nd cohort of fellows๐ฅ
Jurgita Jaruลกeviฤienฤ ๐ฑ๐น Co-founder, Mokosi
Kaisa Vuorinen ๐ซ๐ฎ Co-founder, Positive Learning
Stine Schulz ๐ฉ๐ฐ Founder, learningbank
Mervi Palander ๐ซ๐ฎ Co-founder, GraphoGame
Elia Barahona Mรกrquez ๐ช๐ธ Co-founder, ClassOnLive
Aleksandra Kozera ๐ต๐ฑ Founder, The Village
Sara Zetterberg ๐ธ๐ช Co-founder, Haldor
Catherine de Vulpilliรจres ๐ซ๐ท Co-founder, EvidenceB
Aude Gueneau ๐ซ๐ท Founder, Plume
Sylvie Milverton ๐ซ๐ท Co-founder, Lynx Educate
Diana Knodel ๐ฉ๐ช Co-founder, Fobizz
Ingrid Skrede ๐ณ๐ด Co-founder, Ludenso
Miriam Mertens ๐ฉ๐ช Co-founder, DeepSkill
Cristina Angelillo ๐ฎ๐น Co-founder, Marshmallow Games
Our 1st cohort of fellows๐ฅ
Claudia Rademaker ๐ธ๐ช Co-founder, Dugga
Anna Iarotska ๐ฆ๐น Founder, Robowunderkind
Dora Palfi ๐ธ๐ช Co-founder, ImagiLabs
Nele Mletschkowsky ๐ฉ๐ช Co-founder, Quofox
Riccarda Zezza ๐ฎ๐น Co-founder, Lifeed
Kadri Tuisk ๐ช๐ช Founder, Clanbeat Education
Emilie Joly๐จ๐ญ Co-founder, Zoe
Madeleine Wolf ๐ฉ๐ช Co-founder, VisionYOU
Dorka Horvath ๐ญ๐บ Co-founder, Bookr Kids
Monika Katkute ๐ฑ๐น Founder, Teachers Lead Tech
Dasha Abramova ๐ท๐บ Founder, Codabra
Nathalie Lesselin๐จ๐ญ Founder, Kokoro Lingua
Marie Mรฉrouze ๐ซ๐ท Founder, Marbotic
Sari Hurme-Mehtรคlรค ๐ซ๐ฎ Co-founder, KideScience
WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY
Testimonials from current fellows
"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, CEO, Bookr Kids ๐ญ๐บ
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-Mehtรคlรค, CEO, Kide Science ๐ซ๐ฎ
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, CEO, Kokoro Lingua ๐จ๐ญ
"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, CEO, Robo Wunderkind ๐ฆ๐น
"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 ๐ณ๐ด
"This is the best and most supportive community of highly talented female entrepreneurs I've ever found" Miriam Mertens, Co-founder, Deepskill ๐ฉ๐ช
"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 ๐ซ๐ท
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 5th cohort starting January 22nd, 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 to get together and build even stronger links. It's a 2 hours per month commitment for each fellow. Participation fee is 1500โฌ per fellow for the entire programme (mid-programme retreat cost included).
Requirements:
You are a female founder
of an Edtech startup in growth /post-seed stage
based in Europe
& are available 2 hours per month to participate in the activities and one week-end to meet other fellows in person
Who's Behind This?
Svenia Busson
Chairwoman of the board๏ธฑEuropean Edtech Alliance
Founder and programme host
Beth Havinga
Managing Director๏ธฑ
European Edtech Alliance
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.
