Which EU country has the most women innovators in 2025?
- Portugal Business News
- Apr 6
- 3 min read
EU business news - Which EU country has the most women innovators in 2025?
Women innovators are driving transformative change and fostering innovation-driven growth in the European Union and the Top EU countries with the best women innovators in 2025 are selected by the European Innovation Council.
Here is the ranking of the Top 7 EU countries with women innovators in 2025:
1 – France
France ranks the No. 1 country with the most women innovators in 2025 with 3 women innovators who stand out within the European Union, namely:
1 - Fanny Bardé – Founder of SOLiTHOR, developing next-generation solid-state batteries using a non-flammable, environmentally-friendly solid electrolyte.
Fanny Bardé is the Runner-Up winner of Women Innovators, that is open to women founders and co-founders from the Member States and Associated Countries to Horizon Europe.
2 - Camille Bouget – Co-founder of Scienta Lab, an AI-powered platform addressing therapeutic needs for immuno-inflammatory diseases.
Camille Bouget is the Grand Prize winner of Rising Innovators, for promising young women innovators under 35.
3 - Héloïse Mailhac – Co-founder of STH BIOTECH, which developed SATIVITRO®, an in vitro bio-production platform that enhances the yield and accessibility of rare cannabinoids for pharmaceutical research.
Héloïse Mailhac is the Runner-up of Rising Innovators, for promising young women innovators under 35.
2 – Spain
Spain ranks 2nd country for women innovators in 2025 with 1 women innovator who stands out within the European Union, namely:
Agnès Arbat – Co-founder of Oxolife, a company developing innovative drugs to enhance fertility by improving embryo implantation and simplifying infertility treatments.
Agnès Arbat is the Grand Prize winner of Women Innovators that is open to women founders and co-founders from the Member States and Associated Countries to Horizon Europe.
3 – Ireland
Ireland ranks 3rd country for women innovators in 2025 with 1 women innovator who stands out within the European Union, namely:
Rhona Togher – Co-founder of Lios, which developed SoundBounce, a smart acoustic material offering superior noise reduction with versatile applications across industries.
Rhona Togher is the Runner-up of Women Innovators that is open to women founders and co-founders from the Member States and Associated Countries to Horizon Europe.
4 – United Kingdom
The UK ranks 4th country for women innovators in 2025 with 1 women innovator who stands out within the European Union, namely:
Claudine Adeyemi-Adams – Founder of Earlybird, enhancing employment support through an AI-powered platform providing personalized assistance.
Claudine Adeyemi-Adams is the runner-up of Rising Innovators, for promising young women innovators under 35.
5 - Portugal
Portugal ranks 5th country for women innovators in 2025 with 1 women innovator who stands out within the European Union, namely:
Débora Andreia Campelo Campos – Founder and CEO of AgroGrin Tech, which developed a process to transform industrial fruit waste into functional food ingredients and is supported by EIT Food.
Débora Andreia Campelo Campos is the Grand Prize Winner of EIT Women Leadership, for exceptional members of the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT) Community.
6 – Estonia
Estonia ranks 6th country for women innovators in 2025 with 1 women innovator who stands out within the European Union, namely:
Olesja Bondarenko – Co-founder and CEO of Nanordica Medical, developing nanotechnology-based wound care products that help prevent infections and promote wound healing and is supported by EIT Health.
Olesja Bondarenko is the Runner-up of EIT Women Leadership, for exceptional members of the EIT Community.
7 – Ireland
Ireland ranks 7th country for women innovators in 2025 with 1 women innovator who stands out within the European Union, namely:
Elizabeth McGloughlin - Co-founder and CEO of Tympany Medical, whose variable angle endoscopy technology improves patient and healthcare system outcomes and is supported by EIT Health.
Elizabeth McGloughlin is the Runner-up of EIT Women Leadership, for exceptional members of the EIT Community.