A great year for female entrepreneurship: more startups founded by women at the Startup School

• 8 of the 12 selected startups have been founded by women.

• Projects ranging from sustainability to Fintech, from leasing systems to software development for waste management.

• Even being in an early stage, some of the projects are already being funded, as in the case of Yakk, which has recently raised 249,000€.

The Tetuan Valley Startup School is the startup pre-acceleration program of reference in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. In its last edition, more than 130 technology-based projects were presented, of which 12 were selected. 

For the first time in the history of the pre-accelerator, this was the edition with the highest number of projects founded and led by women. 8 of the 12 startups selected in this edition were founded or co-founded by women entrepreneurs. Among these startups we can find projects that create communities for women, others focused on finance for freelancers, and even a software that helps to better waste management.

Two of these eight startups are demonstrating how technology continues to be a great ally of sustainability. Yakk Yakk Humara is the largest rental andflexing platform in Spain. Two of its three founders are María Azofra and Lucía Clifford and it is focused on the rent-use-reuse philosophy. Humara The company aims to accelerate the transition to a circular economy on a large scale. Led by co-founder Laura Rodríguez Álvarez, it is based on the development of software tools that optimize the design and control of waste management and recycling facilities.

We Women Community is the startup founded by Ainhoa Velasco and Lidia Pérez Pla. They offer solutions to women through an ecommerce focused on training, nutrition and self-knowledge. In this area we also find Blue Bamboo StudioPaula González Gombao has launched this yoga, meditation and online training platform.

To make finances easier for freelancers and prepare them to deal with income volatility, Dexva Upgrowz and its founder, Elizabeth Bolaños, offer quick-to-use tools and financial education. Dexva and its founder Elizabeth Bolaños, offer quick-to-use tools and financial education. Mercedes Egea is the co-founder of Upgrowzthe project that provides tech profiles with a technological tool for professional orientation and projection.

In the more social area we highlight these two great projects and their founders. ToTalk is founded by the entrepreneur Alba Mezcua, providing technical aids to enhance the speech process, currently the project is paused. Lazzaro is a startup created by Carlota Corzo and helps social organizations to go digital. Its mission is to evolve collaboration through new technologies. 

From Tetuan Valley we encourage entrepreneurship in all communities. We seek to continue receiving many more projects founded by women to accompany them in their first steps with the acceleration program and have access to all the benefits of their community. Among the alumni startups founded by women entrepreneurs we also have great projects such as Uelz(formerly FixMe),Rated Power o PoiN.