STATION F announces the second cohort of the Female Founders Fellowship

STATION F announced today the launch of the second cohort of its Female Founders Fellowship, featuring 15 female entrepreneurs. The Female Founders Fellowship is a program designed to accelerate success for exemplary female founders through dedicated support, workshops and mentoring. Each year, 15-20 high potential female-founded startups are selected to join this 6-month program with the objective of empowering their founders.

“When you think about tech founders, you immediately have in mind mostly male creators of some of the largest tech companies. The truth is that there are so many female-entrepreneurs, but we need to create more role-models. That’s part of our ambition with the Female Founders Fellowship”, said Marwan Elfitesse, Head of Startup Programs & Services at STATION F.

With diversity as a core aspect of STATION F’s mission since inception, 45% of the 1.000+ startups at STATION F are female-founded or co-founded.

This year, STATION F is partnering with Goldman Sachs’ Launch with GS initiative to help in the development of the program and offer resources to the new cohort. Launch With GS is Goldman Sachs’ investment strategy grounded in the belief that diverse teams drive strong returns. Through Launch With GS, Goldman Sachs aims to increase access to capital and facilitate connections for women, Black, Latinx and other diverse entrepreneurs and investors.

“We are very excited to be partnering with STATION F for the Female Founders Fellowship this year. As we’ve expanded our efforts in supporting diverse founders in Europe, we know it is key to support organizations that share our vision of promoting diversity within the venture capital ecosystem. Through this partnership we are looking forward to working with 15 amazing female founders as they grow their companies”, said Suzanne Gauron, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Head of Launch With GS.

Discover the members of our 2021 cohort:

Caroline Ramade, co-founder & CEO of 50inTech (Founders Program): 50inTech helps committed companies find the best female tech talents.

Dora Sabino, co-founder & CEO of Blazar (Founders Program, Entrepreneur First): Blazar predicts response to cancer immunotherapies using AI on clinical data.

Maud Payan, co-founder & CTO of Tarmac Technologies (HEC Program): Tarmac digitalizes aircraft ground operations enabling seamless, safe and on time flights.

Emmanuelle Roger, co-founder & CEO of Immersiv.io (Ubisoft Program): Immersiv.io reinvents the sports fan experience with Augmented Reality. Leveraging Augmented Reality, Machine Learning and 5G, we are able to display in real-time match statistics and insights on top of players.

Laure Wagner, co-founder & CEO of 1km à Pied (MooveLab Program): Commuting management HR solution. 1km à Pied analyzes and optimizes the daily commutes of companies' employees based on the HR file.

Maeliza Seymour, co-founder & CEO of Codist.ai (Founders Program, Entrepreneur First): Code documentation powered by AI.

Julie Bonnecarrère, co-founder of Northern Lights Entertainment (Founders Program): Northern Lights Entertainment brings engagement, politics and environmental issues in a massively multiplayer online strategy game: Nebulae.

Philippine Soulères & Sheryline Thavisouk, founders of Le Papondu (Founders Program, Schoolab Program): Le Papondu is developing the first plant-based eggs.

Sam Anderson, co-founder & CEO of DePoly (L'Oréal Program): DePoly is chemically recycling PET plastic.

Ying Shao, co-founder & CEO of Plantik Biosciences (Founders Program, Entrepreneur First): Plantik develops next-generation plant breeding technologies to create future plants 10 times faster.

Maryem Ben Mouaz & Noélie Demaegdt, founders of L’Intendance (Naver Program): L'Intendance is an e-commerce for organic food, cosmetics, and home maintenance products. Completely plastic-free with a reusable packaging system.

Lara Khanafer, founder & CEO of Kara.ai (Founders Program): Kara.ai is a productivity tool for salespeople.

Cindy Demichel, co-founder & CEO of Celsius Energy (HEC Program): Celsius Energy provides low-carbon heat and sustainable AC to buildings by connecting them to the energy of the Earth.

Maria S. Scetta, co-founder & CEO of DeltaBlock (Founders Program, Entrepreneur First): DeltaBlock helps mid-size exchange-listed companies gain visibility in the stock market. We use trading algorithms to improve the market quality of the asset (volatility, market depth, price resiliency, etc.), engaging traders, reducing the risk perception, and enhancing the visibility of the company behind the asset.

Maria Vircik, co-founder & CEO of Matsuko (L'Oréal Program): Matsuko is developing the world's most realistic holographic communication.