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Women-Led Agrifood January 2026 Across the continent, female founders are building innovative, competitivebusinesses that respond directly to the challenges facing our food system.At the same time, unlocking their full potential still requires continuedprogress in access to finance, networks, visibility, and markets. This report Women are among the most dynamic drivers of innovation in Europeʼsagrifood sector. Across regions and value chains, women-led companiesare introducing new technologies, business models, and social innovationsthataddress pressing challenges—from sustainability and climate At EIT Food, we see this moment as an opportunity to accelerate change.Together with startups, investors, and corporates, we work to expandaccess and open pathways to growth through initiatives such as EIT FoodEWA (Empowering Women in Agrifood) as well as Supernovas, Girls GoCircular,WE Lead Food,and the STREAM IT Project.These efforts Despite this impact, women-led agrifood companies continue to facestructural barriers, particularly in access to investment, networks, andscale-up opportunities. Investing in women entrepreneurs is therefore not Thisreport presents an evidence-based overview of progress andremaining gaps. At EIT Food, advancing gender equality and diversity is acore organisational priority, and we hope that the reportʼs findings willsupportour efforts to build a more inclusive European innovationecosystem for food systems. We invite ecosystem stakeholders to use the I invite you to read this report not only as an overview of the currentlandscape, but as a platform for collaboration and action. Whether you area female founder, investor, corporate partner, or organisation committed tostrengthening Europeʼs agrifood ecosystem, there is a role to play. By We hope this report sparks ideas and actions. Table of contents Why this report? EIT Food, in a collaboration with Dealroom, created this report to move beyondassumptions and anecdotes - and to ground the conversation on women-led agrifoodcompanies in evidence. Despite growing awareness, too little shared data exists on therealities women founders face across Europe, where the gaps are most persistent, and whatis holding progress back.This report brings together insights from across the agrifoodinnovation ecosystem to identify barriers, highlight challenges, and point to where action is 1.Women in Agrifood Overview2.VC Landscape3.Industry perspectives4.Methodology To learn more about EIT Food's effort in supporting women in the agrifood sector visitEWA |Empowering Women in Agrifood A few words on the methodology and approach to close the diversity data gap Dealroom does not infer or assume the gender of founders, investors or users. Instead theywork with publicly available data sourced from news feeds, professional social media and,crucially, with the wider community: thousands of users self-identified on their Global App While data gaps remain, Dealroom uses available insights to highlight key achievements,and invite founders to apply for a Dealroom for Builders Package for limited free access tothe Dealroom platform and the ability to claim their Dealroom profile Apply for Dealroom for Builders We identified over 740+ VC-backed agrifood companies with 1+ women (co-)founder We started with16k VC-backedagrifood companies onDealroom.coplatform, founded since 1990 Countries in scope This reportincludesthe following list of 27 countries in scope: Portugal– Türkiye – Spain – Greece – Czechia – Italy – Romania – Bulgaria –Lithuania – Latvia – Hungary – Croatia – Poland – Ukraine – Cyprus –Malta – Estonia – Serbia – Slovenia – Albania – North Macedonia – 3.5k+ active VC-backed agrifood companiesin the 27countries in scope, founded since 1990 For simplification those countries are usually referred to as Scope of this report 740+ active VC-backed agrifood companiesin the27 countries in scope with 1+ women (co-)founder(includes all female and mixed teams) The first chapter of this report includes both startups which havemaintained their main center of business (HQ) in their country of originas well as startups which have since relocated their HQ outside. Thefollowing chapter (VC investment numbers) only include companies Usually referred to in the report as “women–foundedagrifood companies” Women in Agrifood Overview ●Europe hosts 740+ VC-backed women-founded agrifood startups across 27 countries, with ~700 of those atpre-seed, seed and Series A, reflecting an ecosystem that is still largely early-stage. ●Activity is most concentrated in Germany (144 VC-backed companies), France (117), Spain (105), Italy (79) andthe Netherlands (54) and Türkiye( 50) whilst concentrated in Estonia (20), Poland (18) and Bulgaria (17) in ●Women founders account for a rapidly increasing share of newly founded agrifood VC-backed companies,rising from 17% in of startups launched between 2015–2019, to 34% in 2020–2025. Around 25 companies raise ●Women-fou