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👩🔬 Women don’t need to be “included” in innovation.
They’ve always been here — building, leading, solving.
What we do need is an ecosystem that sees them, funds them, and backs them with the same confidence and capital that it offers everyone else.
🎯 In the past four years alone, the EIC has invested over €363 million in women-led deep tech companies.
📈 The share of women among EIC-funded deep tech startups has grown from 8% in 2020 to 30% in 2024 — well above market averages.
🚀 Programmes like Women TechEU and the Women Leadership Programme are opening new pathways for leadership, growth, and impact.
Proud to be part of the EIC Board as it strengthens its commitment to gender equality.
Because real innovation is inclusive — or it’s incomplete.