While we keep talking about tech and the teams behind the tech making things possible, but rarely do women making things possible receive the recognition they so rightly deserve. Inspiring Fifty Netherlands 2019 is an initiative that highlights women who are driving the tech industry in the Netherlands. These women are role models to look up to and the initiative brings more visibility and recognition to them, in order to increase the diversity in the field of technology.
Inspiring Fifty Netherlands has now announced 50 women tech entrepreneurs who are breaking the boundaries of tech. These women are innovators who not only showcase what can be achieved but have gone up against all odds to establish themselves as an example of what women can and do achieve in this sector.
The disparity in male and female-led startups
As per a research performed in 2018 by investors Eva de Mol and Janneke Niessen, women-led startups are less likely to receive funding from VC investors. The research analysed 40 investment funds to find that merely 1.6 percent of startups were women-led and an abysmally low 6.8 percent of the venture capital funded start-ups were led by a mixed team. The data highlights how the startup scene is male-dominated and women entrepreneurs, on average, receive smaller amounts.
“As a technology sector we are missing a huge opportunity worldwide. Both from an economic and socio-emotional point of view, gender parity is of great value. Therefore we must now fight with all our might to achieve it,” says Steven Schuurman, Founder of Elastic The Inspiring Fifty Netherlands event recognises female innovators who were able to overcome such hurdles. These women would inspiring future leaders and entrepreneurs to follow in their footsteps.
About Fifty Netherlands 2019 Awards
The Inspiring Fifty Netherlands 2019 Awards are held in partnership with Codam Coding College, Uber and Career Team. Alongside recognizing the winners, the awards evening hosted Corinne Vigreux, the Co-Founder of TomTom & Codam Coding College, as an inspirational speaker from the Netherlands.
“The future is digital and people who will have the tools to unlock its potential will be the creators of tomorrow’s world. Women have got a crucial role to play and “Inspiring Fifty” has done more to increasing diversity in the tech world than any other initiatives I have come across by celebrating women involved in technology, giving them a platform to be acknowledged and celebrating their achievements and as such inspiring others, “ says Corinne Vigreux, Founder of Codam
The Inspiring Fifty Netherlands 2019 Award winners:
Aimee van Wynsberghe – Co-Director, Foundation for Responsible Robotics & Co-Founder, ALLAI Netherlands
Alexandra Jankovich – Co-founder and Managing Partner, SparkOptimus
Anneke Keller – Head of Jumbo Tech Campus, Jumbo
Annemarie Buitelaar – General Manager, eBay Classified Group Benelux
Annet Aris – Senior Affiliate Professor of (digital) Strategy, INSEAD
Anouk Visser – CTO, Birds.ai
Anouk Vos – Partner and Cyber Security/Innovation Lead, Revnext
Carine de Meyere – Director of Partnerships, TEDxAmsterdamWomen
Christina Calje – CEO & Co-founder, Autheos
Corinne Vigreux – Co-Founder, TomTom & Codam
Diane Janknegt – Founder, WizeNoze
Dr. Melanie Rieback – CEO & Co-Founder, Radically Open Security
Ebi Atawodi – Senior Product Manager, Uber
Eline Leijten – Founder, Plugify
Eline Vrijland-van Beest – Founder and CEO, NightBalance
Elize Bosker – Head of Product, Spideo
Eva Heffernan – Country Leader and VP Commerce, Salesforce
Gillian Tans – CEO, Booking.com
Heleen Dura van Oord – Founding Partner, Peak Capital
Hester Le Riche – Founder & CEO, Active Cues
Ineke Scheffers – Founder, Girl Code & Lead Developer, ANWB
Inge Philips-Bryan – Public Policy Leader & Partner Cyber Risk Services, Deloitte
Jalila Essaïdi – CEO, Inspidere
Jane Zavalishina – Co-Founder, Mechanica AI
Janneke Hadders – CEO, Dacom
Jannie Minnema – Director Information Technology Services, MN
Jaya Baloo – Chief Information Security Officer, KPN
Jeanine van der Vlist – Member of The Executive Board & CCO, Eurofiber
Jenny Dankelman – Professor, Delft University of Technology
Josefien Groot – CEO, Qlayers
Julie de Widt- Bakker – Sr Comms Manager Public Affairs, Microsoft Corp
Karin Hilton – Senior Director, Engineering for Research Technologies, Elsevier
Katja Berkhout – Director International, StartupDelta
Lara Ankersmit – Head of Digital, NOS
Liat Ben-Zur – CVP Product Marketing Management of Modern Life & Devices, Microsoft
Lieke Pijpers – Founder, The Next Closet
Maaike Evers – Co-Founder, Mike & Maaike
Maaike Steinebach – General Manager, Visa Hong Kong & Macau
Maartje de Graaf – Assistant Professor, Utrecht University
Manon van Beek – CEO, TenneT
Marian Spier – Founder FEM-START
Marili ‘t Hooft-Bolle – COO, WeTransfer
Mary-Jo de Leeuw – Director Cybersecurity Advocacy EMEA, (ISC)²
Neelie Kroes – Board Member of Directors, Salesforce
Nina Hoff – Co-Founder & CEO, byFlow
Rina Joosten-Rabou – Co-Founder & CCO, Seedlink
Snezana Zivcevska-Stalpers – Project Manager for Cloud Application Innovation, IBM
Susanne Baars – Founder & CEO, SocialGenomics
Tineke Bakker – van der Veen – Managing Director, Boeing
Vivianne Bendermacher – Founder, Technionista
Judges for this year’s programme include:
Anne Stokvis – Chief Editor, n=content
Anoesjka Imambaks – Executive Director, Venture Café Rotterdam
Arno Lubrun – Managing Director, Facebook Benelux,
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten – Founder & CEO, TNW
Corné Jansen – Partner, INKEF Capital
Hella Hueck – Reporter Tech & Innovation, Het Financieele Dagblad (FD)
Jacqueline Prins – Director Gender and LGBT Equality, Ministry of Education, Culture & Science
Naomi Sedney – Certified Executive Coach, The Inclusion Factory
Pim van der Feltz – CEO, Google Netherlands
Robert Verwaayen – General Partner, Keen Venture Partners
Tamara Obradov – Partner, Tablomonto Venture Capital
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