AmCham Germany announces Female Founders Award

The application deadline is the beginning of March.

Successful female founders from Germany and the USA can apply for the AmCham Germany Female Founders Award until March 7. The award ceremony will take place on April 27 in Berlin and is organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany. The jury is looking for female founders with innovative and sustainable business models in the transatlantic region. Female founders themselves can apply, but other companies or individuals can also suggest suitable candidates.

"The Female Founders Award was invented to make it redundant," says Torsten Oltmanns, Chairman of the AmCham Germany Chapter Berlin-Brandenburg and member of the award jury. "It is right and important that the same conditions apply to founders. As long as this is not yet the case, our award helps to empower female founders and spread the knowledge about their good solutions and successful businesses." The USA is also still in a bad position compared to Germany. Few women are founding businesses there, too. "But they are more successful when they do," says Oltmanns.

The jury evaluates the applications according to the following selection criteria: The applicant must be a (co-)founder of a start-up that has been successful on the market for between two and five years. Success is measured by the number of customers or visibility. In addition, the start-up must be solidly financed and must develop successfully in terms of turnover and market share.