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X Inspiring Women Leaders in the Digital Era
On 4 and 5 February 2026, we will celebrate the 10th edition of âInspiring Women Leaders in the Digital Eraâ with the slogan: âBuilding the Future Togetherâ. âBuilding the Future Togetherâ, organised by W Startup Community together with the University of Deusto, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary đ (Bilbao, Spain).
Introduction
W Startup Community Forum (WSC) aims to "Developing the entrepreneurial and innovative capacity to its maximum potential, particularly in its technological-digital aspect, structuring the diverse agents and its Ecosystem in an open, impartial and transparent manner, and placing particular emphasis on those aspects related to the development of Equal Opportunities Policies".
We are building the next generation of startup women leaders in tech.
What we do
- To learn softskills
- To find funding for your project
- To find a mentor or coach
- To become global and scale
- To select the right talent
Why
- Only 17 out of 100 Startups are led or co-led by women
- OCDE Countries. Women TIC 12% in Spain versus 19% in OCDE. Women in Engineering represent only the 24%
- Venture Capital male represent the 93%
- 30% NED listed companies
WE HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
- International Entrepreneurship Network. Connecting business.
- Closing the gap between Corporates and Startups and bring their strategic interests closer together.
- Presence in more than 22 countries, 5 continents.
- We make visible our partners who believe in and are aligned with our values.
- Collaboration and mentoring.
Events
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February 6th 2025
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February 1st 2024
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June 14th 2023
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September 27th 2022
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November 18th 2021
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September 7th 2021
Mission
W Startup Community seeks to establish itself in the "Referent, Integrator, Coordinator and Developer of the Startup Global Ecosystem", and turn Spain into a desired destination for agents of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and international entrepreneurs movements. To transfer entreprenerial values to Corporations and Boards.
Board
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Teresa Alarcos
President
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Elena Ibåñez
Founder Singularity Experts
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Ana PĂ©rez GarcĂa
Cofounder canard drones
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Clara CerdĂĄn Molina
General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Grupo FerroAtlĂĄntica (Ferroglobe PLC)
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Stefania Pesavento
Member of the Founding Team at electric MOLO.
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MarĂa Meshcherskaya
Director of Corporate Development at Samaniego Law
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International Advisory Board
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Nina Brandt
United Nations
USA
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Pilar ManchĂłn
Artificial Intelligence expert, investor and advisor
USA
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Rebeca de Sancho
Adviser at European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
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Isabelle Hoyer
PANDA Co-founder | Women Leadership Contest
Germany
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Christine Brostella
Treasurer and vocal
Embassy of Panama in Spain
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MarĂa Muñoz Aguirre
Sales Force
Silicon Valley - USA
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Ekaterine Maisuradze
P. Chamber of Commerce Georgia & Asia - Africa
Georgia
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Johanna Harker GarcĂa
Open Future Wayra
Colombia
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Victoria Navazo Morrondo
Open Future Wayra
UK
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Margaret Chen
P. Club China
China
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Felicia Cutas
GM Connect
European Comission
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MÂȘ Carmen Bernal
Delegate of Mexico W20
Mexico
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Christina Gerakiteys
Utopiax CEO
Australia
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Amritaa Sekhon
Founder & CEO Black Sheep White Flock
India
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Laura Hochla
US Embassy
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Enya Seguin
Co-founder & CEO YAPILI
Netherlands/Africa
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Natalia SĂĄnchez Herrera
Founder & Managing Partner KILI PARTNERS
Africa
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Antonia Verna
Partner Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
Italy
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Geilan Malet-Bates
Chair P27 Green FinTech Forum & Sustainable Finance Lead
United Kingdom
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Anu Sing
Executive Business Intelligence at MTN Group
South Africa
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Elena GarcĂa Armada
President, CEO at Marsi Bionics
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MarĂa Luque
Founder and director of Mission-Oriented
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Advisory Board
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Nerea Luis
Expert on Technology, Talent and Gender at Cotec foundation for innovation
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Paz GĂłmez Ferrer
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SofĂa FernĂĄndez
Wallbox Director
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Amparo de San José
IESE Business Angel Club
Spain
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Blanca Drake
Open Future Wayra
Spain
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Ana Segurado
Open Future Wayra
Spain
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MarĂa Parga
GM Madrid Stock Markets
Spain
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Cristina Aranda
Founder Mujeres Tech
Spain
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Montserrat Guardia GĂŒell
Director Alastria
Spain
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Alberto G. Toribio
Innovation & Blockchain Bankia
Spain
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Nuria Ăvalo
Repsol
Spain
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Sandra Alfonso
Head of Digital Market Transformation Endesa
Spain
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Conchita GaldĂłn
Director and Academic Lead of Social Innovation in IE
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Yanire Braña
Executive Director at MET Community
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Aurelio GarcĂa de Sola y Arriaga
Founder of The Heroes Club
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Carmen Chicharro
Director of innovation and marketing of Metrovacesa
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Elena Gonzalez Blanco
General Manager of Europe at CoverWallet. Principal Investigator of POSTDATA ERC H2020 project
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Inés Huertas Freire
data scientist
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Sandra MartĂn
General Counsel at Insud Pharma
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DĂĄcil Borges
Presidenta Click That Matters y Chief Marketing and Business Officer Parkifast
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Pilar Troncoso
Entrepreneur, Active Investor & Technology Executive; CO-FOUNDER, Vice President, Institutional Relations and Strategic Alliances at OARO
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@PazGomezFerrer2Spanish Ambassadors
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Isabel CĂłrdova Samaniego
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Arancha Riestra
VP of People & founding team member en Toqio
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Francisca Moya MartĂnez
Co-founder Atlas Marketing Studio
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Isabel Bustos Pacheco
Co-founder Atlas Marketing Studio
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Cristina Diezma
Senior Business Analyst at Clidrive
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The objective of the Advisory Board is to help the Association as a strategic reference globally (and the Ecosystem itself and its respective Agents).
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Observatory
Its objective is to detect innovations, trends and evolutions, both technological and legal or market, that may be occurring in the world and of which the Ecosystem of Madrid (and of Spain in general) needs to be aware.
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Think Tank
TankThis aims to anticipate innovations, trends and evolutions, both technological and legal or market, in order to offer a competitive advantage to the Ecosystem of Madrid (and Spain in general).
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Public affairs (National and European)
Aims to enforce the interests of the Ecosystem of Madrid (and of Spain in general) before the Spanish and European AAPPs.
The Advisory Board works under a scheme of Work Committees, which are built around those Areas of Interest for the Startup Ecosystem of Madrid (and Spain, Europe and the 22 countries we have narrow links though our internactional advisory board). These Working Committees are usually led by a tractor element, which is designated by its institutional weight. Around this tractor element are articulated, under schemes of collaborative work, other Agents of the Ecosystem related to the Scope of Interest in question. As results of the various Working Committees of the Advisory Board, the following can be mentioned:
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Development of Strategic Plans Actuation
for the Ecosystem of Madrid (and of Spain in general) and for the various Sectors represented in it.
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Development of White Papers
â On good sector practices, of other Ecosystems, etc.
â More (to be developed together with the various associations: sectorial, partners, etc.
Acknowledgments
With the Collaboration of
With the Support of
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