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WASHINGTON, New York -- In honor of Women’s History Month, Women Who Tech, the largest organization that’s combatting the severe lack of funding for women-led tech startups, opened applications for the 10th Women Startup Challenge to showcase and fund early-stage women-led ventures.

Today, nonprofit Women Who Tech, one of the largest organizations that funds and showcases women-led ventures, announced the winner of the 2019 Women Startup Challenge hosted at Google.

Women-led startups from across the US and Canada pitched their ventures before a prestigious panel of tech industry executives and investors on May 29th at Google's NYC headquarters.

Europe was at the center of a milestone for women in tech today as nonprofit Women Who Tech and tech giant Mozilla announced the winners of the Women Startup Challenge Europe. Women-led startup finalists from across Europe pitched their ventures before a prestigious panel of tech industry executives and investors on 25 October at Paris's City Hall, co-hosted by the office of Mayor Anne Hidalgo.

Women Who Tech, a U.S.-based nonprofit that advocates to close the funding gap for women in the technology and startup industry, announced Timeless as the grand prize winner of $50,000 at the Women Startup Challenge Emerging Tech, one of the largest events to showcase and fund early-stage women-led startups, held at Google's New York Campus on March 6.

London was the scene of a milestone for women in tech as the nonprofit Women Who Tech, and primary sponsor Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and the Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund, announced the winners of the Women Startup Challenge Europe.