Funding for startups that were established for women decreased by 12 % in 2024, but this was not far from the wider market

The investment of the project in startups managed by women has always failed the total market, and with the presence of companies across the sectors that they reduce their efforts and diversity in stocks and integration, things seem more dark than ever for female institutions.

But the data tells a different story for 2024 – at least according to this report issued by the European Investment platform, the investment in the project decreased in startups that women in Europe in Europe decreased by 12 % in 2024 from the previous year, but it was almost in line with a decrease of 11 % in the total investment of the project.

It is worth noting that women who have appointed startups in the field of deep technology raise more than men in this field. The report, called it Female innovation index 2025I found that the number of female institutions in deep technology is increasing thanks to the ties of this sector to the academic circles, where women tend to represent more equal. About 33 % of all the investment capital collected by entrepreneurs in Europe enter startups in the field of deep technology-more than 2 % of gender startups. The main areas of artificial biological innovation, artificial intelligence, and medicine development include.

As for the report, the females surveyed more than 1,200 institutions, investors and executives, more than 35 private stock companies, project societies, and the ecosystem players in 20 European countries. It should be noted here that female institutions consider startups that have at least one co -founder, which greatly increases the size of the sample of startups that have been considered in this report, compared to other reports that indicate only to the founding teams all when they say “startups established females”.

Several surveys agreed last year in general that women’s institutions still exceed the number of foundations with all the founding teams Only 2.2 % collection of investment capital Dedicated for 2024.

“The index started because I realized that the number 2 %, which was often demobilized around the number of startups that have been established, have not been detailed enough,” Agata NuikaFounder Female And the author of the report, tell Techcrunch. “I had not included in this law, because as a businessman, I had a male participant’s founder. We must take into account more diverse standards.

This deep technology scale is encouraging, but NOWICKA believes that women in academic environments need to encourage more entrepreneurship. She said, “There is still a few shame stigma associated with the entry of an emerging company from the academic circles.”

She noted that the Covid-19 pandemic helped to create a more level stadium for women in technology because the broader industry was forced to open up.

“As a founder in 2016, most VCS did not have a website or had a deliberate page only.” Several events were held separately. “The investment capital industry turned through Covid because of the boom in investment during 2021-2022. VC has become more accessible to women (…) because they need the flow of the deal, and it has become more competitive. “

Here are some interesting nuggets from the report:

• In Europe, the Foundation in Europe collected 5.76 billion euros in 2024, representing a 12 % decrease from 6.56 billion euros that these companies gathered in 2023.
• Health, Technology and Food sectors see the most investment in projects that will include startups with female institutions.
• The seed stage is the place where female institutions see the greatest success, and on average, round sizes raised by startups that were established by 7 % in stages compared to 2023.
• More than 80 % of the 50 largest financing rounds gathered by startups that were established in 2024 went to those who have scientific backgrounds in areas such as artificial biology (282.4 million euros), artificial intelligence (221.8 million euros), and the development of the drug (169.9 million euros).
• The United Kingdom, France and Germany lead the plans to invest in institutional companies, while Finland and Denmark have the highest percentage of investment capital allocated to such startup companies.