{"id":62494,"date":"2018-10-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2018\/10\/26\/women-who-tech-and-mozilla-announce-winners-of-women-startup-challenge-europe\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T20:16:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:16:17","slug":"women-who-tech-and-mozilla-announce-winners-of-women-startup-challenge-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/women-who-tech-and-mozilla-announce-winners-of-women-startup-challenge-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Who Tech and Mozilla Announce Winners of Women Startup Challenge Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Europe was at the center of a milestone for women in tech today as nonprofit Women Who Tech and tech giant Mozilla announced the winners of the Women Startup Challenge Europe. Women-led startup finalists from across Europe pitched their ventures before a prestigious panel of tech industry executives and investors on 25 October at Paris\u2019 City Hall, co-hosted by the office of Mayor Anne Hidalgo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile it\u2019s alarming to see the amount of funding for women-led startups compared to European companies as a whole go down from 14% to 11% between 2016 and 2018, the Women Startup Challenge is on a mission to close the funding gap once and for all. If the tech world wants to innovate and solve the world&#8217;s toughest problems and generate record returns, they will invest in diverse startups,\u201d said Allyson Kapin, founder of Women Who Tech. \u201cIf investors don\u2019t know where to look, our Women Startup Challenge program has a pipeline of over 2,300 women-led ventures who are ready to scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sampson Solutions from the UK won the grand prize, receiving $35,000 in funding via Women Who Tech to help scale their startup. The Audience Choice Award went to Inorevia from Paris, France. Mozilla awarded an additional $25,000 cash grant to Vitrue from the UK, selected by jury member Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman of Mozilla.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParis is determined to provide girls and women with the resources to occupy their rightful place in the society and in the tech industry. We were thrilled to co-host the Women Startup Challenge Europe and showcase 10 talented women-led startups who are making an impact in this world,\u201d said Deputy Mayor Jean-Louis Missika.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grand prize winner <b>Sampson Solutions<\/b> capitalizes on business opportunities precipitated by the Paris climate agreement. Founded by Colleen Becker, Sampson Solutions is creating bio-based construction materials from sustainable sources using a closed-loop, carbon neutral manufacturing process.<\/li>\n<li>The Audience Choice Award was awarded to <b>Inorevia<\/b>. Inorevia\u2019s work in developing \u00a0instruments used for bioassays has resulted in minimizing the cost, time and manipulation needed for next-generation bioassay and precision medicine.<\/li>\n<li>Mozilla Prize Winner<b> Vitrue<\/b> <b>Health<\/b> is developing computer vision based tools that sit in the background of clinical assessments, autonomously measuring motor function metrics, freeing clinicians to focus on more complex patient interactions, and allowing them to detect and treat degradations in functional health. This improves quality of life and saves millions in healthcare costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored to award the Mozilla prize for privacy, transparency and accountability to Vitrue Health,\u201d said Mitchell. \u201cVitrue creates data about mobility capabilities, makes that data accessible and useful, and provides it to patients. \u00a0By providing patients with access to their data in a useful way, Vitrue offers us an example of how creating new data &#8212; even personal data &#8212; can be quite positive when it is handled well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The in-person jury included Mitchell Baker, Jean-Louis Missika, Deputy Mayor of Paris, Fatou Diagne, Partner and Cofounder at Bootstrap Europe, Julien Quintard, Managing Director of Techstars Paris, and St\u00e9phanie Hospital, Cofounder and CEO of OneRagtime.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe was at the center of a milestone for women in tech today as nonprofit Women Who Tech and tech giant Mozilla announced the winners of the Women Startup Challenge Europe. 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