The #WomenStartupAwards are consolidated with the aim of generating benchmarks for female entrepreneurship
After the successful first edition, the #WomenStartupAwards repeat as a reference ceremony for female entrepreneurship in Spain. The AWS Auditorium, in the Foster Tower in Madrid, once again hosted the second edition of these awards. The awards are aimed at female entrepreneurs, founders, CEOs and managers of Spanish startups that have registered their candidacies at www.womenstartupawards.es during the month of October.
Over the last few weeks, more than 550 nominations have been received from courageous, entrepreneurial women with positions of responsibility and with a great track record as entrepreneurs. Women with high potential, in multiple industries and with different stories and experiences that make them unique.
Seven of them have won after a selection process that has been carried out by a neutral jury of experts representing the entrepreneurial ecosystem: public sector, universities, accelerators, ScaleUps, investors and major technology companies.
This is an event created and promoted by the Spanish Startup Association, which works to make Spain the best country in which to innovate. This meeting aims to strengthen the role of women in a sector with a growing presence in Spain, but where only 18% of Spanish startups are led by women, a proportion that has not changed in the last 10 years. This is why this gala aims to recognise and give visibility to female entrepreneurship leaders.
Carlos Mateo Enseñat, president of the Spanish Startup Association, expressed his enthusiasm for this event: "We are delighted to present these awards as an opportunity to recognise and applaud the achievements of exceptional women in the startup field. We hope this event will inspire other women to follow in their footsteps and bring their unique talents to the entrepreneurial world.
These are the women who have won for their vision and leadership role model:
Honorary Award - Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence.
Early stage - Sara Correyero, Co-Founder & COO Ienai SPACE
Scale Up - Rebeca Minguela, Founder & CEO Clarity AI
Disruption - Ana Maiques, CEO Neuroelectrics
Inspiration - Natalia Rodríguez, Founder & CEO Saturno Labs
Disclosure - Esther Molina, Co-Founder Wildcom and Female Startup Leaders
Ideation - Carla Maté, Co-Founder & CEO D-Sight
The awards ceremony was attended by more than 300 people and included the participation of Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence, Natalia Bayona, Executive Director of the UNWTO, Juan Ignacio Díaz Bidart, Director General of the School of Industrial Organisation (EOI), and José Bayón, CEO of ENISA (National Innovation Company). Among the attendees, there was a representation of the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem: startups, investors, heads of open innovation, representatives of universities and public institutions.
The #WomenStartupAwards are part of the Spain Up Nation strategy and have been funded by the European Union-Next Generation EU and the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan; and supported by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism and EOI, and the support of the main partners of the Spanish Startups Association: Agencia Yellow, AWS, Santander, Wayra, Mecides and Iberia.