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Our survey polled over 1,200 European tech founders and asked them to self-identify based on a number of characteristics, including gender, ethnicity, education and their financial status prior to founding their company. We also asked these founders to share whether they had raised external funding or whether they had bootstrapped their companies. While this data set has limitations, it provides an interesting insight into who Europe's founders are and who's raised funding. Based on this data, 21% of all founders who responded are women, though they make up only 15% of founder respondents who have raised external capital.