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https://www.femalefounders.global/Last activity: 30.06.2026
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Our vision is to re-shape economy and society by fostering female entrepreneurial minds. For us, entrepreneurship is all about being a passionate and proactive leader - in your life, your career and your community - and about having an impact & creating change. We truly believe that entrepreneurial minds will make all of this happen, and will lead the way into a bright future.
This is why we support the people in our community along their entire entrepreneurial lifecycle. Our pan-European ecosystem currently consists of three main pillars:
Base F: our low-key community for everyone who identifies themself as an entrepreneurial mind
Grow F: our accelerator program for female-led venture that shape the world of tomorrow
Lead F: our accelerator program for female entrepreneurial leaders
On our journey, we are always accompanied by one thing: our values. They are the core of what we do, help us decide who we work with and who we support. We expect our partners, startups, and friends to share and support these values:
Take responsibility - for us, our companies & society.
Put people first.
Authenticity.
Embrace the unknown, stay curious and seek opportunities.
Put quality first.
Respect different views & opinions.
Live a balanced life.
Having fun.
This is why we support the people in our community along their entire entrepreneurial lifecycle. Our pan-European ecosystem currently consists of three main pillars:
Base F: our low-key community for everyone who identifies themself as an entrepreneurial mind
Grow F: our accelerator program for female-led venture that shape the world of tomorrow
Lead F: our accelerator program for female entrepreneurial leaders
On our journey, we are always accompanied by one thing: our values. They are the core of what we do, help us decide who we work with and who we support. We expect our partners, startups, and friends to share and support these values:
Take responsibility - for us, our companies & society.
Put people first.
Authenticity.
Embrace the unknown, stay curious and seek opportunities.
Put quality first.
Respect different views & opinions.
Live a balanced life.
Having fun.
Overview
Location
Austria, Vienna
Employees
1-10
Founded date
2016
Mentions in press and media 14
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| Oct 14, 2021 | Female Founders Alliance raises a $9M fund, renames to Graham & Walker | Starting as a Facebook support group for founders, the Female Founders Alliance community has done a lot of evolving and changing since its inception. Today, it announces a name change and the fact that it’s started writing checks out of it... |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Female Founders Fund closes $57M fund | New York-based Female Founders Fund has raised $57 million for its third flagship vehicle. The firm makes seed-stage investments in companies created by women, targeting deals in sectors including ecommerce, media and advertising. Its portf... |
| Jul 13, 2021 | Female Founders Fund closes third fund with $57M for female founders | Female Founders Fund announced Tuesday the closing of its Fund III after raising $57 million to create what the seven-year-old New York-based early-stage fund considers “the largest fund for seed capital specifically for female founders.” T... |
| Jul 13, 2021 | Anu Duggal Of Female Founders Fund Raises $57M Third Fund | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn New York-based Female Founders Fund closed on Fund III of $57 million to bring its total money under management to $95 million. The firm raised its first fund of $5 million in 2014. Its limited partn... |
| Mar 24, 2021 | Sole Female Founders Raised $1B Less In 2020 Despite Record Venture Funding Surge In the US | 53 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn U.S. startups overall raised a record $143 billion in 2020, up 12 percent over the previous year, but funding to venture-backed companies founded solely by female entrepreneurs dropped 22 percent du... |
| Mar 12, 2021 | FashWire Announces GlossPitch, a $10,000 Competition for Female Founders on its Newly Launched Beauty Platform, GlossWire | SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 12, 2021-- GlossWire, a two-sided global beauty marketplace, proudly announces the inaugural pitch competition taking place live on March 18th, 2021, at 4:00 PM EDT. The GlossWire beauty brands were invited to ... |
| Feb 3, 2021 | Fund for Female Founders Closes $21 Million Round | Halogen Ventures, the Los Angeles venture firm focused on increasing the woefully underrepresented number of female founders who lead consumer tech startups, has closed a second $21 million fund. "With this fund, we will continue to pr... |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Grow F accelerator calls for innovative female-led ventures | More than 90% of Europe’s VC investment goes to all-male teams. Female Founders aims to level the playing field for female-led startups in the investment arena, and calls for ideas in their upcoming Grow F accelerator. Recent successes of t... |
| Dec 2, 2020 | The number of Black female founders who have raised more than $1 million has nearly tripled since 2018 | While the $1 billion unicorn valuation is still the milestone of choice for many startups, for Black women a notable benchmark comes a lot earlier in a startup's life cycle. In 2018, only 34 Black female founders had ever raised $1 million ... |
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FAQ about Female Founders
When was Female Founders founded?
Female Founders was founded in 2016.
What has the press written about Female Founders?
Parsers VC has collected 14 articles mentioning Female Founders, among them “Female Founders Alliance raises a $9M fund, renames to Graham & Walker” (Oct 14, 2021) and “Female Founders Fund closes $57M fund” (Jul 14, 2021).
Is Female Founders still active?
Yes, Female Founders is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 30, 2026.