Europe’s startup ecosystem is home to a growing community of women business angels who back promising founders, support early-stage innovation, and help shape the next generation of successful companies. Beyond providing capital, these investors bring valuable industry expertise, entrepreneurial experience, and networks that help startups grow.
While venture capital often dominates conversations about startup funding, business angels play an important role in Europe’s technology ecosystem, particularly at the earliest stages. It is no surprise therefore that a 2025 report by the European Parliamentary Research Service identifies business angels as a major component of the EU’s innovation ecosystem.
From established investors with extensive portfolios to entrepreneurs-turned-angels backing emerging technologies, this alphabetical list highlights 50 women shaping the European Tech landscape today.
Ana Barjasic is the founder and CEO of Connectology, an angel investor and an ambassador for the European Innovation Council. She supports early-stage companies through investment, fundraising expertise and initiatives connecting European founders with international capital.
Andrea Sinclair is a UK-based angel investor, member of the HERmesa investment syndicate and Venture Partner at Ascension. With extensive early-stage investment experience, she was individually named as an investor in women’s health startup PeriPear’s 2026 pre-seed funding round.
Annegien Blokpoel is the founder and Managing Partner of PerspeXo and founder of Catalyst Impact Investment Club, focusing on early-stage impact investing and sustainable technologies. She was named Europe’s Female Angel Investor of the Year in 2024.
Bettine Schmitz is the co-founder and General Partner of Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and a co-founder of the Evangelistas angel network. With her investments, Bettine supports women-led and mixed-gender founding teams across Europe’s technology sector.
Céline Lazorthes is a French entrepreneur, angel investor and founder of Leetchi, the FinTech business behind Mangopay. She backs early-stage technology companies, with personally attributed investments in HealthTech startups Lucis and DermaScan during 2026.
Christina Caljé is the founder and CEO of TINTT, an independent angel investor and startup adviser. Her historical investment portfolio includes Lalaland, Newcon and Lucky Sweater, reflecting her interest in emerging technology and consumer businesses.
Cintia Mano is a Portuguese angel investor, COREangels partner and former CEO of COREangels International. She has personally invested in more than 30 startups and was recognised as Europe’s Female Angel Investor of the Year in 2025.
Constanze Buchheim is the founder and Managing Partner of i-potentials, a German leadership advisory firm, and an experienced business angel. Her historical startup investments include Delivery Hero and Empion, alongside her work advising technology companies on leadership and scaling.
Debbie Wosskow is a British entrepreneur, angel investor and co-chair of the Invest in Women Taskforce. A co-founder of WJV and Executive Chair of The Better Menopause, she has backed early-stage businesses including Hybr and advocates for greater access to investment capital for women founders.
Deepali Nangia is a Partner at Speedinvest, co-founder of Alma Angels and an experienced independent angel investor. Her personal investments include PensionBee and Planera, and she works to increase women’s participation in early-stage investing across Europe.
Emilie Dellecker is the co-founder of FoodHack, HackGroup and HackCapital, supporting investment and entrepreneurship in the food technology sector. She invests through the FoodHack angel syndicate and was individually named among the angels participating in Bright Biotech’s 2022 funding round.
Fiona Pathiraja is the Managing Partner of Crista Galli Ventures, a former NHS doctor and an experienced HealthTech angel investor. She has backed early-stage healthcare businesses including Skin Analytics and Jude, focusing on technologies that improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
Georgie Smallwood is the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Moonpig Group, founder of Auxilia Global and an early-stage technology investor. Her investment experience includes backing emerging startups such as LiSA, alongside supporting women in technology and entrepreneurship.
Gesa Miczaika is the co-founder and General Partner of Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and an experienced business angel. She has personally backed early-stage businesses including Lilio Health and focuses on expanding investment opportunities for female and mixed-gender founding teams.
Gloria Bäuerlein is the founder and General Partner of Puzzle Ventures and an experienced early-stage angel investor. Having previously made more than 25 angel investments, she now backs emerging technology businesses through her venture capital firm.
Helen Oldham is the co-founder of Lifted Ventures, a board member of the UK Business Angels Association and an experienced angel investor. Her personal startup portfolio includes Future Greens and BindEthics, while Lifted Ventures helps connect women-led businesses with early-stage investment capital.
Helena Torras is a Spanish entrepreneur, business angel and Managing Partner of PaoCapital. She has personally invested in early-stage technology companies including Abiquo, Marfeel and TeamEQ, alongside holding board and advisory positions in the Spanish startup ecosystem.
Ilinca Paun is a Romanian angel investor, startup adviser and founder of Bravva Angels, a community supporting women-led and mixed-gender founding teams. Her personal investment portfolio includes Flip, Bright Spaces, Unfrosen and Spark School.
Itxaso del Palacio is a General Partner at Notion Capital and an experienced independent angel investor. Her historical personal investments include BridgeU, Trouva and Leaf.fm, alongside her institutional investment experience supporting European business software companies.
Jane Walerud is a Swedish entrepreneur, DeepTech angel investor and Partner at Walerud Ventures. An early backer of technology companies including Klarna, Lensway and Bluetail, she also serves as co-founder and Executive Chair of climate technology company Paebbl.
Janneke Niessen is the Founding Partner of CapitalT, a serial technology entrepreneur and an experienced angel investor. She supports early-stage technology companies and advocates for greater diversity and inclusion within Europe’s startup and investment ecosystems.
Jessica Holzbach is a German FinTech entrepreneur, co-founder of Penta and Partner and CEO Germany at 0TO9. She also invests personally in early-stage FinTech, artificial intelligence and DeepTech businesses, with documented angel-investing activity as recently as 2024.
June Angelides is a Venture Partner at Samos Investments, founder of Levare Ventures and an experienced angel investor. Her historical personal investments include Sojo and By Rotation, and she supports early-stage founders, particularly women and entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds.
Katja Ruhnke is the Chair of Business Angels Deutschland and co-founder of CK Venture Capital, an investment vehicle through which she and her sister deploy their own capital into startups. Her investments include Mediaire, Fabit, Carbonwave and fairafric, and she was named Germany’s Business Angel of the Year in 2023.
Kerstin Bock is the co-founder and CEO of Openers, a German communications and startup advisory business, and an independent angel investor. Her investment experience includes backing companies such as Levy Health, Ordinary Seafood and The Climate Choice, both personally and through angel-investment programmes.
Laura Modiano works with the startup ecosystem across EMEA at OpenAI and is an independent early-stage angel investor. She supports emerging technology companies and was personally named among the investors in AI writing startup Marker’s 2026 seed funding round.
Lea-Sophie Cramer is a German entrepreneur, angel investor and co-founder of AMORELIE, the sexual wellness e-commerce company. She backs early-stage businesses across consumer and technology sectors and was individually named as an investor in robotics startup Sitegeist’s 2026 funding round.
Lina Chong is a Partner at HV Capital and an experienced early-stage investor with a background in personal angel investing. Her investment experience includes startup Odin, alongside her work supporting technology companies through European venture capital.
Louise Herping Ellegaard is a Danish entrepreneur, founder of Clio Online and an angel investor known for her appearances on the investment television programme Løvens Hule. In 2026, she was named as the investor behind a DKK 1 million investment in mental health education business Psykoterapeuterne.
Lurdes Gramaxo is a Partner at Bynd Venture Capital, President of Investors Portugal and an experienced business angel. Recognised as Europe’s Female Angel Investor of the Year in 2020, she focuses on supporting early-stage technology and sustainability businesses across Portugal and Spain.
Maria Raga is a Venture Partner at Creandum, former CEO of Depop and an experienced angel investor. She backs early-stage consumer and technology companies and was personally named among investors in eComID and District during 2026.
Mariana Bozesan is a serial entrepreneur, impact investor and co-founder of AQAL Capital, an investment business focused on sustainable innovation. She has extensive early-stage investment experience and was recognised as Europe’s Female Angel Investor of the Year in 2019.
Mary McKenna is the co-founder and Chair of AwakenAngels, co-founder of AwakenHub and an experienced independent angel investor. With approximately 35 personal startup investments, she was recognised as Europe’s Female Angel Investor of the Year in 2023 and advocates for greater female participation in angel investing.
Melanie Gabriel is the co-Director and COO of the ETH AI Center, co-founder of Yokoy and a board member of Swiss angel investor network SICTIC. She is also an independent angel investor supporting early-stage technology businesses within Switzerland’s startup ecosystem.
Nina Dremelj is the Managing Partner of Vesna Deep Tech Venture Fund, President of Business Angels of Slovenia and an experienced angel investor. She has personally backed more than 18 early-stage startups and works to strengthen investment networks across Central and Eastern Europe.
Paola Bonomo is an experienced Italian angel investor and Vice Chair of Italian Angels for Growth, one of Italy’s established angel investment networks. Her historical investments include AdEspresso, and she was recognised as Europe’s Female Angel Investor of the Year in 2017.
Rachel Delacour is a French technology entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Sweep and an experienced business angel. She personally backs early-stage startups, including women-led businesses, and focuses on supporting technology entrepreneurship and sustainability-focused innovation.
Raja Skogland is a Norwegian angel investor, founder of The Visionary Company & VC and a board member of the Norwegian Business Angel Network. Her investment experience spans more than 70 startups through direct and indirect investments, with a focus on supporting early-stage founders and entrepreneurship across the Nordics.
Roberta Lucca is the co-founder of Bossa Studios, an experienced angel investor and former Venture Partner at Octopus Ventures. She has personally backed more than 20 startups, particularly in technology, gaming and creative industries.
Rupa Popat is the founder and Managing Partner of Arāya Ventures and an experienced independent angel investor with more than 30 personal startup investments. Her portfolio includes businesses such as The Lowdown, Jude and Sojo, and she was individually named among investors in Sync Savings during 2026. See her interview here.
Sarah Turner is the co-founder and CEO of Angel Academe, a UK-based angel investment network supporting technology companies with female founders. An experienced angel investor herself, she works to mobilise private capital for women-led startups and increase the representation of women in early-stage investing.
Sarah Wood is the co-founder and former CEO of Unruly, the advertising technology company, and an experienced angel investor. She supports early-stage businesses across technology and wellbeing and contributes to startup growth through investment, mentoring and board positions.
Selma Prod
anovic is the founder of 1MillionStartups, an experienced business angel and startup ecosystem builder based in Austria. She has a history of personal startup investments and has supported female angel investing through initiatives including Rising Tide Europe.
Sherry Coutu is an entrepreneur, founding member of Cambridge Angels and established early-stage technology investor. With a historical portfolio of more than 50 startup investments, she has contributed to the development of the UK’s angel-investing and technology entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Simone Brummelhuis is the Founding Partner of Borski Fund, founder of The Next Women and an experienced angel investor. She supports early-stage businesses and women entrepreneurs and was recognised as Europe’s Female Angel Investor of the Year in 2021.
Sophia Bendz is a Partner at Cherry Ventures and an experienced independent angel investor who has backed numerous early-stage technology startups. She was individually named as an angel investor in Scape’s 2026 seed funding round and continues to support emerging European technology founders.
Triin Hertmann is an Estonian angel investor, President of the Estonian founders Society and former co-founder of Grünfin. She reported five new and two follow-on angel investments in 2025, including investments involving MarkeDroid, Supersimple, Knowzilla, Elnora and Yaga.
Vera Elizabeth Baker is a Partner at 4P Capital, independent angel investor and startup mentor working across European and North American investment ecosystems. She has made more than 30 personal angel investments, with an individually tracked investment in Juniper during 2024.
Verena Pausder is a German entrepreneur, angel investor and Chair of the German Startup Association. An experienced backer of early-stage technology businesses, she was personally named among the investors in construction robotics startup Sitegeist’s 2026 funding round.
Yvonne Bajela is the founder and Managing Partner of Evertrue Capital and an experienced independent angel investor. Her historical personal investments include Sojo, Jumba and LottieLabs, alongside her work backing emerging technology businesses through venture capital.
