Methodology & editorial standards

Founded, researched and edited by Lucy Colson.

We map four entity types: all-female-founded startups, investors actively backing female founders, accelerators running relevant programmes, and communities where founders gather.

Every record moves through the same pipeline: discovery, evidence gathering, eligibility assessment, editorial review, publication. Only reviewed and published records are visible on the public site, and each one carries the sources used to justify inclusion.

Eligibility is evidence-led rather than self-declared. Where evidence is thin or contradictory we hold the record back rather than publish a guess.