Your investment in your future starts here!
For the 4th edition of the medianet FEMALE INVESTORS’ DINNER, we are looking for early-stage startups with B2B and B2C focus in the field of Creative Technologies, with a strong focus on AI, Gaming, Immersive Media, Space Tech and Defense Tech applications through gamification, simulation and media technologies – with courage, vision, and scalable business models, and with at least one female-identifying person on the founding team.
At the Female Investors’ Dinner 2026, we connect selected female founders with investors at the same table – in an exclusive setting, on equal footing, with a clear focus on investment, growth, and long-term partnerships. The 26 Investors’ Dinners held between 2011 and 2025 have successfully paved the way to funding for many startups. In total, more than 30 investments have emerged.
We are looking for founders with a focus on:
- Artificial Intelligence & generative tools
- Games & interactive entertainment
- Space & New Space applications (simulation, visualization, gamification)
- Defense-related solutions (training, serious games, immersive systems)
- Film, TV & virtual production tech
- XR, spatial computing & immersive media
- Creative SaaS & workflow solutions
In short: technologies that make complex future topics visible, tangible, and scalable.
How will you benefit from participating?
- Building long-term relationships with investors & fellow founders
- In-depth feedback from our experts during pitch training
- With a medianet startup membership: access to over 60 exclusive events per year & a network of more than 1,500 multipliers
- Additional exclusive benefits from our partners to follow
You’re not just building a product, but a new perspective on Creative Tech? Then apply now using this form. We look forward to your application!
February 18, 2026 – Call for applications
April 14, 2026 – Application deadline
Beginning of July 2026 – Notification of chosen startups
September 01, 2026 – Pitch training
September 23, 2026 – 4th Female Investors’ Dinner
Become a partner of the Female Investors’ Dinner!
Would you like to support the founders of tomorrow and help decide, as part of the jury, which startups earn a seat at the table at the 4th Female Investors’ Dinner? Then get in touch with Stella Arnaut at arnaut@medianet-bb.de – and join us live on September 23 when investors and founders come together for an evening of exchange!
Patronage 2026: Yu Zhang, Entrepreneur and Author
We are delighted to announce Yu Zhang as this year’s patron of the Female Investors’ Dinner!
Yu Zhang is actively committed to strengthening women in business and leadership – among other things through the Female Impact Summit and her involvement in networks for female entrepreneurs.
Through her supervisory board roles, international networks, and investment activities, she brings together perspectives from entrepreneurship, capital, and politics. As an entrepreneur with Chinese roots and a career in Germany, she also represents international connectivity and economic exchange – an important topic for Berlin’s startup ecosystem.
She advocates for more female role models, more women investors, and more female entrepreneurs – all of which align closely with the mission of the Female Investors’ Dinner.
