Berlin Partner / Berlin Startup Unit Invites Female Founders to a Virtual Coffee Break
According to the Female Founders Monitor 2020, only 16% of startup founders are women. Despite their high qualifications and entrepreneurial ambitions, they remain significantly underrepresented at the top of the business world.
The Diversity Working Group of the Berlin Startup Unit is dedicating a new event series to topics of gender diversity. The first virtual coffee break “Give Me a Break – Coffee Break for Female Founders“ addresses as its first topics intercultural diversity, financing and funding, male-dominated structures, and the compatibility of family and founding a business.
Nadine Jüdes, Head of Digital Economy/Startups at Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH, emphasizes: “We have a strong interest in activating and strengthening the potential of female founders for the Berlin startup ecosystem, and we look forward to interesting results and food for thought from the discussion rounds.”
In 2015, the State of Berlin, together with partners from the startup industry, established the Berlin Startup Unit as a collaborative project to improve the framework conditions for young and fast-growing companies. The project of Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH brings together various players in the city’s startup ecosystem to further develop Berlin as a hub for founders.
The Diversity Working Group of the Berlin Startup Unit invites all interested parties to the coffee break featuring exciting discussions with experts and networking opportunities:
“Give Me a Break – Coffee Break for Female Founders“
will take place on 27.08.2021 from 10:30 to 12:00
in English on the networking platform Wonder.
> Registration on Eventbrite <
Partner Organizations
Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg e.V., Business Angels Network
media:net berlinbrandenburg e.V., Network Association of the Media, Creative, and Digital Industry
Beuth Startup Hub, the founding center of Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin
Startup Incubator Berlin, the founding center of HWR Berlin
Science & Startups, the association of startup services of Berlin’s universities Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Prime Crowd, a European venture capital investment platform and Female Investors Network by primeCROWD, established as the first point of contact for women interested in investing, in order to sustainably increase diversity in the investor scene
Program
| 10:30 | Welcome Anna Wiese, Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH |
| 10:40 | Keynotes Svenja Lassen, Managing Director of primeCROWD Germany and representative of the Female Investors NetworkGhazaleh Koohestanian, Managing Partner Re2You GmbH |
| 11:00 | Discussion Rounds
Intercultural Diversity and Gender Elli Strauven-Dejean, Beuth Startup Hub (Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin) Norhan Othman, Coordinator at Startup Migrants Berlin Freda Katunda and Maria Suárez, Founders of LEAP (Healthcare e-learning Platform for Africa) |
| Financing & Funds for Female Founders
Access to financial resources remains more difficult for female founders than for male founders. What financing options are available for female founders, and what public funding is available to them? Julia Gunnoltz, Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises Berlin Sebastian Schwenke, Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg |
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| Overcoming Male Dominance in Industry & Business In 2020, only four percent of startups were founded by all-female teams — a alarming figure. Reasons include the still-prevailing image of the male founder, fewer financing opportunities for women, “male” rules of communication, and much more. What can women and men contribute to a more equal startup scene?Caroline Kunert, Humboldt Universität BerlinUte Voormanns-Wolters, Personal & Business Coach, Chair of the Women Entrepreneurs Network “Frauen machen Business”Compatibility of Family & FoundingEven today, the majority of responsibility for raising children in most families still falls on the mother. How can family and starting a business be reconciled? What support is available for female founders?Nadja Pahl, media:net berlin-brandenburg e.V.Christina Lüdtke, Science & Startups by Berlin University AllianceKatja Thiede, juggleHUB Coworking |
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| 12:00 | Closing |
Participants are free to move between the discussion rounds.
