Between 2015 and 2020, Plug and Play's Fashion for Good accelerator had the highest female-founded startup participation level in Europe. Three fifths of their participants were startups founded by women, followed by L'Oréal's Beauty Tech Atelier accelerator program in Paris, which had an average of 50 percent participation from female founded startups. The top three was completed by ASHOKA's ShareIT accelerator, with an average female participation of 48 percent.
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Startup Heatmap Europe. (November 4, 2020). Accelerator programs that had the highest share of female-founded startup participation in Europe between 2015 and 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220468/accelerator-programs-most-female-founders/
Startup Heatmap Europe. "Accelerator programs that had the highest share of female-founded startup participation in Europe between 2015 and 2020." Chart. November 4, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220468/accelerator-programs-most-female-founders/
Startup Heatmap Europe. (2020). Accelerator programs that had the highest share of female-founded startup participation in Europe between 2015 and 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220468/accelerator-programs-most-female-founders/
Startup Heatmap Europe. "Accelerator Programs That Had The Highest Share of Female-founded Startup Participation in Europe between 2015 and 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220468/accelerator-programs-most-female-founders/
Startup Heatmap Europe, Accelerator programs that had the highest share of female-founded startup participation in Europe between 2015 and 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220468/accelerator-programs-most-female-founders/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Accelerator programs that had the highest share of female-founded startup participation in Europe between 2015 and 2020 [Graph], Startup Heatmap Europe, November 4, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220468/accelerator-programs-most-female-founders/