UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
JFD – Join Forces & Dare – international growth accelerator, invites female talents in artificial intelligence to apply for its Margaret Awards by 25 February 2025 on joinjfd.com. This international call is open to women entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and young women aged 14 to 22 who are leading innovative, AI-driven projects.
The only women’s tech prize under the patronage of the President of the French Republic, the Margaret Awards have, over the past 13 years, rewarded nearly 50 women who are tackling technological challenges to change the world.
The 2025 “Women rAIsing” promotion is fully dedicated to female talents in artificial intelligence.
The new 2025 promotion will place women at the heart of the artificial intelligence revolution and reward innovative AI-based projects that address the major challenges of our century.
“Just like Margaret Hamilton, the Margarets by JFD have shown that their boldness and talent can transform our society. It’s time to raise awareness. The stakes surrounding AI are far too high to be left in the hands of a few. We must ensure that every voice, including those of women, is heard, as an AI that ignores half of humanity cannot claim to be truly intelligent. We will reward the best women, those who dare, innovate and use AI as a vector of progress.” Delphine Remy-Boutang, founder JFD and Arver
Applications are open until 25 February 2025 on joinjfd.com, for three categories: Entrepreneur (founders or co-founders of start-ups), Intrapreneur (employees of large corporations) and Junior (young women aged 14 to 22).
The 2025 finalists will be announced following deliberation by a panel of experts on 14 March.
A unique opportunity to benefit from a €1 million growth acceleration programme for 1 year.
Like Marie Ekeland (2050), Margaret 2015; Roxanne Varza (Station F), Margaret 2017; Lucie Basch (TooGoodToGo), Margaret 2018; Elena Poincet (Tehtris), Margaret 2022; Allyah Semiai (Mission), Margaret Junior 2022; or Apolline Humblot (Echo), Margaret Junior 2024, the Margaret by JFD, “Women rAIsing” 2025 promotion, will benefit from JFD’s €1 million growth acceleration programme for one year. Created with top tech and innovation players, JFD partners and members such as Amazon, Bpifrance, EuraTechnologies, Eurazeo, IBM, La French Tech, La Poste Group, L’Oréal, Meetic, Sanofi, Veolia and others. The programme offers mentoring, coaching, media visibility, funding assistance and business opportunities, enabling these future AI champions to expand their economic impact on a global scale.
“The Margaret by JFD, under the patronage of the President of the French Republic, is a real springboard for women determined to transform the world through innovation, as we are doing at Beyond Aero. With its growth acceleration programme, JFD is opening up new horizons for moving faster and further.” Eloa Guillotin, Margaret Entrepreneur 2024, CEO and co-founder Beyond Aero.
The first European AI barometer to make artificial intelligence a technology that is as effective as it is responsible.
In a context marked by the upheavals of AI, JFD has decided to make it its theme for 2025 and will publish a proprietary study, conducted with its strategic partners and piloted by EY Fabernovel and OpinionWay: the first European AI barometer. It will be unveiled at the Summit for Action on AI at the Elysée Palace on 10-11 February, to provide concrete answers to legitimate and highly topical questions: is AI a genuine driver of progress or an accelerator of inequality?
Mediakit: https://bit.ly/JFD-MediaKit-WomenrAIsing
About JFD – Join Forces & Dare
JFD, mission-driven company founded in 2012 by Delphine Remy-Boutang, is an international accelerator dedicated to the growth of women who dare to take on bold technological challenges. Active in Europe, Africa and Canada, JFD brings together private, public and media players around three axes: education, role models and financing. Its mission is to enable women to enter the world of tech and support the emergence of new leaders who will build the world of tomorrow. For the past 13 years, JFD has been acting as a think tank with flagship initiatives such as the Margaret, the Margaret Foundation, the JFD Club, the White Shirt Movement, and more. Through its projects, studies and publications such as “Athlètes de l’innovation” (Flammarion), JFD has reached 20 million people, trained 10,000 talents and supported the growth of over 1,000 start-ups worldwide. https://www.joinjfd.com
