Startup founders in Germany 2023, by gender

Published by
Kasia Davies,
Nov 2, 2023
The share of male founders of German startups has been mostly around 80 percent, peaking in 2014 at 89 percent. The highest percentage of female founders, 20.7 percent, was recorded in 2023. The statistic shows the difference between the share of men and women who founded startups in Germany since 2013.

Startup founders in Germany from 2013 to 2023, by gender

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Release date

September 2023

Region

Germany

Survey time period

2013 to 2023

Number of respondents

1,825 data sets from founders, managers and C-Level employees

Supplementary notes

The data comes from the German Startup Monitor (DSM), for which high-quality data sets are collected annually from founders and managing directors of startups. The founders or managing directors (members of the executive board, e.g. chief level) of startups received a special questionnaire link by email which was sent through selected DSM network partners. In 2023, 1,825 complete data sets were collected for the survey between May 17 and June 20, 2023.

* In the last round of surveys.

Figures until 2019 are based on earlier information from the source.

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