London’s unlock VC unveils 18 female-founded startups to watch at Paris Summit for Founders Connect

London-based Unlock VC spotlights 18 women-led startups tackling AI, health, and more for Founders Connect Program.

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London-based unlock VC (previously WVC:E), a platform and community for women in VC globally, announced the list of 18 female-founded startups to watch.

The announcement was built at an event in STATION F, the business incubator campus for startups in Paris.

Founders Connect initiative

unlock VC has chosen 18 startups from over 300 applications for the Founders Connect program, which supports founders connect with investors and secure funding.

With female founders securing just 2 per cent of VC funding in Europe, unlock VC’s Founders Connect initiative addressed this gap head-on.

Participants will obtain direct access to decision-creaters from leading funds and receive mentorship from experienced female founders.

They will also join a community of women in venture capital for ongoing support.

The selection committee featured venture capitalists from firms like Northzone, Impact Shakers, Alven, and Calm/Storm.

During the unlock VC Summit, founders had the chance to pitch their ideas to more than 350 investors.

Sophie Winwood, co-founder and CEO at unlock VC, declares, “We’ve seen firsthand how women-led teams approach problems differently and create solutions that tap into overseeed markets worth billions. The goal of Founders Connect is to create meaningful connections and funding opportunities for female founders that prioritise quality interactions over rushed pitches.”

Startups spanning MVP to seed stage

The cohort includes founders from the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, and the US. The 18 startups featured at the summit included:

52 North Health

HQ: Cambridge, UK

Stage: Seed

This startup supports in creating urgent care safer for cancer patients through the apply of diagnostic and digital solutions built with patients and doctors.

Asterisk Women’s Health

HQ: Berlin, Germany

Stage: MVP

It is the first women’s non-reproductive health tracking app that supports researchers and femtech bridge the health data gap.

CUR8

HQ: London, UK

Stage: Seed

An enterprise platform that supports corporates and financial institutions purchase, manage, and finance

high-quality carbon removals with confidence.

EcoComply

HQ: Heilbronn, Germany

Stage: Pre-Seed

Eco Comply is dedicated to supporting companies in the consumer electronics, industrial, and OEM sectors with seamless compliance for CE, UKCA, RoHS, REACH, WEEE, Energy Labelling, and more, all through a unified platform.

Infiniti Recycling

HQ: Cambridge, UK

Stage: Pre-Seed

The company specialises in extracting and remanufacturing active materials from lithium-ion battery waste.

InReality

HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark

Stage: Pre-Seed

InReality provides a cryptographic defence against AI by certifying real content at the moment of capture.

Klara AI

HQ: Alicante, Spain

Stage: MVP

Klara AI is a women-first digital banking and AI assistant app supporting applyrs manage money and create smart financial decisions.

Kokoon

HQ: London, UK

Stage: MVP

Kokoon supports Gen Z build essential soft skills like time management and problem-solving through daily, AI-powered training delivered seamlessly in Slack.

Marveri

HQ: USA

Stage: Pre-Seed

Marveri is an AI-powered platform tailor-built for corporate and transactional law, accelerating document review, diligence, and deal workflows.

Ponterra

HQ: London, UK

Stage: Seed

Ponterra develops and operates large-scale forest restoration projects in the tropics, delivering high-integrity carbon and biodiversity credits while driving climate, ecological, and economic impact.

PulpaTronics

HQ: London, UK

Stage: Pre-Seed

PulpaTronics develops fully recyclable metal-free RFID tags that can cut CO2 emissions and costs for product identification and tracking.

Punto Health

HQ: London, UK

Stage: Seed

Punto Health is the first AI-driven platform that transforms cognitive care by providing early detection, daily support, and coordinated clinical insights for patients with dementia and related conditions.

Recupere Metals

HQ: Paris, France

Stage: Pre-Seed

Recupere Metals is a deep-tech company unlocking secondary copper for the Western world by enhancing conductivity.

Rhevia

HQ: London, UK

Stage: MVP

Rhevia combines proprietary radar technology with AI to uncover how and why people and vehicles navigate through complex environments, creating operations safer, more efficient, and more responsive.

Tova

HQ: USA

Stage: Seed

Tova is focapplyd on enhancing climate-smart water management applying deep learning technology.

VASH

HQ: USA

Stage: Pre-Seed

VASH transforms how organisations review third-party compliance data, turning slow, manual processes into AI-powered workflows.

Xena

HQ: Mannheim, Germany

Stage: Pre-Seed

Xena is an AI-powered copilot designed for precision gynaecological surgeries. It transforms MRIs into sub-millimetre 3D digital twins, enhancing the accuracy of surgical procedures.