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Female Founders

Supporting women in founding

With our many years of experience in entrepreneurship, research transfer, and startup support, we accompany female founders from the initial idea to the successful launch of their business.

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Female Founders Walks

Once a month, we invite you to an open Female Founders Walk, which provides a space for exchange, networking, and brief inspiration. The format is deliberately low-threshold—no registration is required, and it is open to anyone who is interested in starting a business or has already done so.

Announcements about upcoming events are posted on our WhatsApp group. There, female founders and those interested in starting a business can not only find information, but also network with each other, ask questions, and share insights.

exist-Women Booklet 2025

In our booklet, you can find out more about the program and get to know our participants and mentors.
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OUR OFFERS

Female Founders at KIT

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) offers a unique environment for women who want to start a business or develop their ideas further. With our many years of experience in entrepreneurship, research transfer, and startup support, we accompany female founders from the initial idea to the successful launch of their company. 

We know that diversity and different perspectives make innovations stronger – that’s why we focus specifically on supporting female founders.

NETWORK

Become a part of our community

As a founder at KIT, you are part of a large innovation and start-up network. 

  • Access to mentors and role models who share their experiences 
  • Contacts to investors, industry experts, and partner organizations
  • Exchange with other founders and founding teams from the region and beyond 

This network is a valuable resource that helps you find the right partners for your start-up more quickly.

NETWORK

Female Founders Map

The FEMALE FOUNDERS MAP BW shows how many women in Baden-Württemberg are founding, leading, and shaping businesses. 

The map is more than just a directory: it is a growing network full of role models, inspiration, and opportunities for collaboration. Because every female founder who becomes visible encourages others. 

Here you can find founders or register your startup.

“I discovered a respectful and supportive women environment that generates ideas, unlocks new opportunities, and inspires personal growth. Porträt einer lächelnden frau (brille, blaues oberteil) am KIT.”
Maëva Courcelle
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Our experts support you

Have questions or interested? Get in touch!

Schadi Neumann

Your contact person

Schadi Neumann
Coach, Senior Researchers
schadi.neumann@kit.edu LinkedIn

Consulting inquiry

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I agree that my personal data submitted via the contact form may be processed by KIT FORGE for the following purposes: contacting me and providing startup consulting services. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based solely on my consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The information I provide in the contact form, including my contact details, will be stored by KIT FORGE for the purpose of processing my inquiry. KIT FORGE will not share this data with third parties without my consent. The data I enter in the contact form will remain with KIT FORGE until I request its deletion, withdraw my consent to its storage (which I may do informally by email to info@kit-forge.de), or the purpose for which the data was collected no longer applies (e.g. once my inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected. For information on data protection relating to startup consulting, including applications for public funding programmes for spin-offs, please refer to https://www.kit-forge.de/en/privacy/.

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For consulting inquiries, please use our separate consulting inquiry form.

* Required field

I agree that my personal data submitted via the contact form may be processed by KIT FORGE for the following purposes: contacting me and providing startup consulting services. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based solely on my consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The information I provide in the contact form, including my contact details, will be stored by KIT FORGE for the purpose of processing my inquiry. KIT FORGE will not share this data with third parties without my consent. The data I enter in the contact form will remain with KIT FORGE until I request its deletion, withdraw my consent to its storage (which I may do informally by email to info@kit-forge.de), or the purpose for which the data was collected no longer applies (e.g. once my inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected. For information on data protection relating to startup consulting, including applications for public funding programmes for spin-offs, please refer to https://www.kit-forge.de/en/privacy/.