Womxn for Climate Tech and Innovation
Womxn for Climate-Tech

Womxn for Climate Tech & Innovation

REVOLUTIONISING the "face" of Climate Tech & Innovation

Bringing together all Changemakers & Allies

P.S. EGO's are not welcome!

Our Goals

Increasing Womxn in Leadership within the Climate Tech & Innovation Ecosystem

Amplifying the voices of Womxn in Climate Tech & Innovation

Showcasing industry best practices

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Why

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Most industries still fall short of achieving gender equality, despite evident economic benefits such as higher profitability and increased stability, as well as significant social and environmental advantages. 

Women play a crucial role in driving environmental and climate actions, making vital contributions to global resilience and transformational impact. At Womxn for Climate Tech and Innovation, we partner with companies, VCs, organizations, and startups to unlock the potential of gender parity and enhance the effectiveness of climate solutions.

We believe in uniting all forces to accelerate efforts in tackling climate change.

Our initiative is not just another women’s network; it’s a movement that invites all genders to actively participate in driving change. By fostering environments within companies and organizations that promote gender parity, we pave the way for more sustainable, resilient, and successful businesses.

Time for ACTIONS!

  • Co-creating solutions

    to tackle the lack of diversity in VC.

  • Establishing diversity criteria

    in term sheets to enable a different start-up culture.

  • Making Opportunities Visible

    for womxn entrepreneurs to thrive (Knowledge Hub)

  • Establishing a diversity index

    in climate and tech companies, VCs, and start-ups to create the foundation for more female entrepreneurs.

  • Partnering with relevant event organizers

    to diversify speakers & attendees.

  • Consulting

    for VCs, corporates, and start-ups to increase their level of diversity

Reaching goals

How?

Support women

We systematically support womxn in the climate tech & innovation sector to be able to achieve gender parity by:

Courageous Conversations

Sign up for exclusive Womxn (& Allies) Meet Ups across Europe

Networking & Collaboration

Check LinkedIn for upcoming events to diversify & expand your changemakers network

10 September 2024 Vienna

11 July 2024 Impact Hub Berlin

26-27 June 2024 European Women in Tech

18 June 2024 DeepTech Runway

14 May 2024 STAY IN TECH

30 April 2024 Green Vision Summit & Expo

23 April 2024 The Social Hub Berlin

13 February 2024 Women Networks Meetup

1 February 2024 American Embassy Berlin

Masterclasses

Information coming soon

Join us for an empowering event designed for women in climate tech and innovation. Discover the leadership we need to enable innovative solutions for tackling the climate challenges & creating sustainable business success.

Whether you're an established leader or an emerging talent, this event is your chance to connect, learn, and lead the charge towards a sustainable tomorrow. Together, let's build the future we envision today.

Your key take-aways include: why many businesses are struggling right now, why leadership is crucial to enable the transition to sustainable business success & how to maximize your impact no matter who you are.

Date: 15th October 2024 

Time: 12:30 CEST 

Coach: Sarah Needham 

Sign upsarah@womxnxclimate.com

With this workshop we want to help women in the climatetech space to tell their stories. We want to help women to get active in storytelling and media. Not only because you deserve to be more visible, but also to activate others. We help you to see and articulate your story, so others will follow. We want to enable more womxn to be role models.

This workshop is for everyone working in VCs, start-ups and corporates. 

Your key take-aways include: what could be your story and how to leverage it in the media. 

Date: 24th October 2024 

Time: 13:00 CEST 

Coach: Doreen Rietentiet

Sign up: doreen@womenxclimate.com

Experts

Apply here if you want to appear on our page as an expert

Who?

We work closely with policymakers, corporates, and organizations to enable climate innovation across industries.

Network Benefits

VCs & Investors

Policymakers

Founders & budding Entrepreneurs

Corporate Innovation Leaders & Investors

Think tanks & Innovation Hubs

Industry & Innovation Networks

Accelerator & Incubator Programs

Universities or Research Institutes

 

All womxn (& allies) who are taking action towards making the world a fairer, greener & more connected place.

Our Partners

Get involved

Interested in joining our network? Please follow our LinkedIn page. Interested in supporting our mission and benefitting from our network as an organization? Please contact us.

If you run a similar network then please send us a message on our Linkedin page to explore collaboration opportunities.

Free Membership

FREE
  • Information on our events and activities

EXPERT Membership

250 € per Year
  • Get your profile & link to sales page featured on our website
  • First Access to our events
  • Opportunities to join us on stage
  • Publish up to four articles per year on our website
  • Be featured on our social channels

Start Up Membership

350 € per Year
  • All of Expert benefits
  • + 1 free coaching session or Open Office Hour on Communication or PR topics per quarter

Corporate Membership

Package
  • Benefit from exclusive access to our network
  • Opportunity to promote open innovation or tech positions on our platforms
  • Co-create events with us and our partners
  • First opportunity for speaker opportunities at our events

Benefits 

Network: 

Expand your changemakers network of womxn & allies across the ecosystem silos

Meet founders & Investors at the forefront of future tech and innovation

Growth:

Action inspiring and enabling your business and organization for sustainable growth

Success

Insights: 

Bringing different insights and learning and opportunities from different parts of the ecosystem together in one place. Whether you are looking for a mentor, investor, expert or friends, we've got it covered.

Our Story

In 2019, we started as a community of change-makers with the goal to enable more womxn to be at the top of the table and create a sustainable future and combat climate change. The initiative was originally created to support womxn in the EIT Climate-KIC accelerator programs back in 2019.

Since then, we have been holding regular events to connect and support womxn in green tech and social impact entrepreneurship and grown a large network of womxn from across the world.

In 2024, the network has developed into a large network of womxn across the globe to enable diverse leadership to thrive in the Climate Innovation ecosystem.

Womxn Network

Meet the team

profil__0001_Sarah Needham

Sarah Needham
Founder & CEO
of Womxn for Climate Tech & Innovation
&
Unique-U Coaching (B-Corp Certified)
sarah@womenxclimate.tech

profil__0002_Carla Erber

Carla Erber
Founder & COO
of Womxn for Climate Tech & Innovation
&
EIT Climate-KIC Strategic Programmes Builder
carla@womenxclimate.tech

profil__0000_Doreen Rietentiet

Doreen Rietentiet
Founder & CCO
of Womxn for Climate Tech & Innovation
&
DWR Eco - a strategic climate tech consultancy
doreen@womenxclimate.tech

profil__0003_Aimee Apel

Aimee Apel
Founder & CSO
of Womxn for Climate Tech & Innovation
&
EIT Climate-KIC Strategic Programmes Orchestrator
currently on leave

Board

Kathleen Schröter
CEO ootibo

Hadas Zucker
Sustainable Innovation PwC

Sandra Trittin
Founder futurize energy

Jindy Mann
Founder Leader Brother Son

Chris Roe
Climate Entrepreneurship Climate-KIC

Kendra Rauschenberger
Partner Siemens Energy Venture

Contact

Womxn for Climate Tech & Innovation

c/o DWR eco GmbH,
Belforter Str. 1, 10405 Berlin Germany

collaborate@womenxclimate.tech