"Today we're celebrating 50 women that have made major contributions to the Nordic technology industry. Their courage to push forward against the status quo and hard-fought success that makes them inspiring role models. It's important that the industry, government, the wider business community and the public understand that the example the Inspiring Fifty sets will help transform the industry's workforce, improving the sustainability of the Nordic economy."
Inspiring Fifty is a partnership between the Dutch Inspiring Fifty and Antler and its launch was celebrated with an exclusive breakfast event at Slush. According to Antler, diversity is one of the key ingredients in creating strong and sustainable teams and businesses. In fact, Antler over-achieves in terms of how many female-led companies that it creates and funds: 50% of the companies that they showcase at their Demo Days have at least one female co-founder. In the Nordics, 29% of Antler's capital has gone to female-only founder teams.
"We know that diverse teams perform better and are on a mission to create a global platform for entrepreneurship where exceptional people - regardless of background, gender or ethnicity - are empowered to solve problems at scale. Initiatives like these are essential for creating a more diverse tech community and are very important to us at Antler as we invest in diverse teams."
Here's the complete list of trailblazing women in tech to keep on your radar
Anita Schjøll Brede, Co-founder and CEO, Iris.ai
Elsa Bernadotte, Co-founder, Karma
Emma Rosman, Commercial Lead, Kry
Marianne Vikkula, Director of New Markets, Wolt
Mette Lykke, CEO, Too good to go
Olga Stern, Founder, Genews.io
Camilla Hessellund Lastein, Founder and CEO, Lix
Louise Ferslev, Founder and CEO, MyMonii
Sophia Bendz, Partner, Atomico
Isabelle Ringnes, Co-founder, Equalitycheck.it
Karen Dolva, Co-founder and CEO, No Isolation
Monika Liikamaa, Co-founder, Enfuse
Maria Hedengren, CEO, Readly
Thea Messel, Founder and General Partner, Unconventional Ventures
Anna Borgström, CEO, NetClean
Lindsey LaMont, Global Brand Manager, Truecaller
Linda Liukas, Author, Hello Ruby
Laila Pawlak, Co-founder and CEO, Singularity University Nordics
Anna Stenberg, Investor and Founder, Wes
Bonnie Roupé, Founder, Bonzun
Tine Thygesen, Board Member, The Creators Community
Ronja Koepke, Co-founder, Investpodden and inHouse-app
Natasha Friis Saxberg, Deputy Chairman, Foundation for Social Responsibility
Sigrun Syverud, CEO and co-founder, FJONG
Vanja Tufvesson, Co-founder, Pink Programming
Estelle Westling, Founder, Grace.health
Helene Barnekow, CEO, Microsoft Sweden
Åste Einn, Co-Founder, Payr
Sabina Kethelz, Director and Founder, Kethelz
Jenny Wolfram, Founder and CEO, BrandBastion
Camilla Gjetvik, COO, Boost.ai
Caroline Ingeborn, President, Toca Boca
Susanne Najafi, Founding Partner, Backing Minds
Ritu Jain, Co-founder and COO, LifeX Aps
Inka Mero, Founder and Managing Partner, Voima Ventures
Raiha Buchanan, Co-founder, Gigapay.co
Sarah Lee, Founder, Stravito
Jessica Schultz, Partner, Northzone
Denise Johansson, Co-founder and CEO, Enfuse
Natalia Brzezinski, CEO, Brilliant Minds
Laila Danielsen,CEO, Elliptic Labs
Trista Patterson, CTO, GRID-Arendal/UN Environment
Stephanie Mazzotta, Co-founder, Femtech Sweden
Sakina Turabali, Co-Founder, Skyqraft
Linda Höglund, CFO and General Partner, Luminar Ventures
Indra Sharma, Investor, Novax
Malin Eduards, Co-founder and CEO Bookatreat
Caroline Walerud, Co-founder, Volumental
Anna Nordell Westling, Co-Founder & CMO, Sana Labs
Daniella Peri, Co-founder, Yoppie
Want to read more about the Inspiring Fifty initiative? Go here.
