Women&Technologies - Associazione Donne e Tecnologie

What Women&Technologies - Associazione Donne e Tecnologie does

Women&Tech® ETS (Associazione Donne e Tecnologie) is an Italian non-profit association founded in 2009 in Milan, with roots in a 1999 CSR initiative by Gianna Martinengo. Registered in the RUNTS as a Third Sector Entity (ETS), the association runs a portfolio of programs rather than a software product: the WEP mentoring program for high-potential young women, the annual Premio Internazionale Tecnovisionarie® award (XIX edition in 2025, XX in 2026), the Ready4Future youth-career guidance project, the Tram dell'Innovazione public-engagement format, the T-Essere community/networks project, the Young Ambassadors (WYA) and Spill the sTE(A)m youth-outreach initiatives, and the Donne nella Scienza web portal. The association serves three primary constituencies: individual women in STEAM professions and academia (~100 actively involved), corporate associates (26+ enterprises including ABB, Siemens, Nexi, Fastweb, Generali, Unipol, Italiaonline, Mitsubishi Electric, Munich Re, Dassault Systèmes), and institutional/public-sector partners (European Commission, Italian ministries, Regione Lombardia, Comune di Milano, Politecnico di Milano, ESA, SDA Bocconi).

Name

Women&Technologies - Associazione Donne e Tecnologie

Legal name

Associazione Donne e Tecnologie - ETS (Women&Tech® ETS)

Website

https://womentech.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Women&Tech® ETS is an Italian non-profit association that promotes women in technology and STEAM through mentoring (WEP), an annual international award (Premio Tecnovisionarie®), youth orientation, and a network of corporate, academic, and institutional partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women in Technology Community and STEAM Advocacy

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

STEM, Digital Literacy & Maker Education Nonprofits (BPAGADAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

AI & Emerging Technology Literacy (EDAAAIAJ)

Keywords

• Women in technology programs
• STEAM education initiatives
• Women mentorship programs
• Gender equality advocacy
• Innovation community events

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees (quote associative): Annual membership dues from individuals, professionals, public entities, micro/small/medium enterprises, and supporting members (large enterprises). Recurring annual revenue with tiered pricing from €240 to €5,000.
2. Donations (liberalità): Free donations from individuals and companies, with a stated minimum of €100 per donation. Accepted via bank transfer (Banca Sella IBAN) or PayPal/credit card. Tax-deductible under Italian Third Sector Code (D.Lgs. 117/2017, art. 83).
3. 5x1000 tax designation: Italian taxpayers can designate 5x1000 of their IRPEF tax to Women&Tech ETS (tax code 97527380154). Treated as a recurring annual donation stream.
4. Project sponsorship: Sponsorship of individual projects (Tecnovisionarie, Ready4Future, Donne nella Scienza, WEP, T-Essere, Tram dell'Innovazione, Young Ambassadors) by companies, governed by contract and subject to VAT invoicing.
5. Supporting member contributions (Socio Sostenitore): Premium tier of membership limited to large enterprises at €5,000/year, providing elevated visibility and engagement benefits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Women&Tech® ETS is an Italian non-profit association (Associazione Donne e Tecnologie, registered as a Third Sector Entity in RUNTS) that runs a portfolio of programs promoting women in technology and STEAM careers. Its offerings span a structured mentoring program for high-potential young women (WEP), youth career orientation toward future professions (Ready4Future), a mobile public-engagement format on digital transformation (Tram dell'Innovazione), a community project on family and the digital village (T-Essere), a youth network of STEAM graduates (Young Ambassadors), an educational outreach program (Spill the sTE(A)m), a women-in-science web portal (Donne nella Scienza), and the annual international Premio Tecnovisionarie® award recognising women innovators.

Product overview

Women&Tech® ETS is a non-profit association (Italian "Associazione Donne e Tecnologie", registered with RUNTS) that offers a portfolio of programs and projects rather than a single software product. Its offering is structured as a portfolio of initiatives anchored on gender equality and STEAM: the WEP mentoring program supports young women professionals; Ready4Future orients new generations toward future professions; the Innovation Tram (Tram dell'Innovazione) is a public-engagement format on digital transformation; T-Essere focuses on family/community and the digital village; Young Ambassadors and the Spill the sTE(A)m outreach engage younger audiences; and the Tecnovisionarie® award plus the Donne nella scienza portal celebrate and document women innovators. These are connected through shared events, a community of associates, and a Scientific Committee, but they are not modules of a single software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Le Tecnovisionarie: International Award recognizing women who have demonstrated vision, social impact, transparency and ethics in their professional activities, with focus on research, academia, business, public administration, and media.
• Donne nella Scienza
• WEP - Women Empowerment Program
• Ready4Future
• Tram dell'Innovazione
• T-Essere
• Young Ambassadors

Products and services

• WEP - Women Empowerment Program A pragmatic mentoring program created by senior women managers from Italian and multinational companies (Siemens, Nexi, Fastweb, Italiaonline, Unipol, Kyndryl, etc.) to support young high-potential women at critical career moments, through sharing of managerial experience, workshops on leadership, negotiation, personal branding and networking, and a structured mentorship cycle.
• Ready4Future A social-innovation program conceived by founder Gianna Martinengo to guide new generations toward future professions and trades, with a focus on digital, biotechnologies, new materials, energy and environment, and STEAM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics).
• Tram dell'Innovazione (Innovation Tram) A 'mobile venue' (physical or virtual) now in its seventh edition where citizens listen to testimonies and proposals from digital transformation protagonists, covering smart mobility, cybersecurity, IoT, user experience, AI, robotics, and Industry 4.0.
• T-Essere T-Essere ('networks in the global village') is a project that explores parenting, family-community relationships, the generational pact, the care crisis, and the role of technology in connecting people, families, and businesses.
• Young Ambassadors (WYA) WYA - Women in Tech Young Ambassadors brings together young women pursuing or having completed STEAM degrees (including arts and humanities) to act as protagonists in the working world and contribute to society through art and science.
• Donne nella Scienza A web portal dedicated to great Italian women who have distinguished themselves in scientific and technological fields from antiquity to the present day.
• Le Tecnovisionarie® (International Award) An annual international prize promoted by Women&Tech that recognizes women who, in their professional activity, have demonstrated vision, prioritising social impact, behavioural transparency and ethics, across research, academia, business, public administration and media.
• Spill the sTE(A)m An initiative under Young Ambassadors dedicated to high-school students, supported by young STEM and humanities graduates, that helps students navigate the 'what now?' phase after school. It includes an Instagram page on science dissemination and emerging professions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ women actively involved in the community
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, major and minor.

• SAP ItaliastrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAP Italia and Women&Technologies partnered to promote female talent in technology, innovation and scientific research (per press release "SAP Italia insieme a Women & Technologies per promuovere il talento femminile nella tecnologia, nell'innovazione e nella ricerca scientifica").
• European CommissionstrategicGTM or Marketing PartnerListed among sponsors of Women&Tech ETS, lending institutional visibility to the association's projects across Europe.
• Italian Government - Presidency of the Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Labour, MASE, Ministry of Youth, Ministry of Public Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, MISE, Ministry of the Interior, MIURstrategicGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as institutional sponsors supporting Women&Tech's projects; co-organised the institutional conference "Donne dentro la Repubblica – 1946–2026" at Palazzo del Viminale.
• Regione LombardiastrategicGTM or Marketing PartnerRegione Lombardia is a long-standing sponsor and partner; supported the establishment of the association and continues to be listed in the network.
• Comune di MilanostrategicGTM or Marketing PartnerMunicipal partner; Gianna Martinengo sits on the ITTD Board of Comune di Milano.
• European Space Agency (ESA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development partnership: ESA astronauts (e.g., Meganne Christian, ESA Astronaut Reserve) participate in Premio Tecnovisionarie and Young Ambassadors programme; former Chief Diversity Officer Ersilia Vaudo Scarpetta was a Tecnovisionaria 2020.
• Politecnico di Milano / POLIMI Graduate School of ManagementmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner hosting events and providing research input (e.g., Linda Greta Dui NearLab researcher; Valentina Goglio Senior Manager POLIMI GSoM and Coordinator of Women&Tech Scientific Committee; multiple researchers on the Scientific Committee).
• SDA Bocconi School of ManagementmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner; Mary Franzese completed the Master in Imprenditorialità e Strategia Aziendale at SDA Bocconi.
• Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da VincimajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue and content partner hosting the Premio Internazionale Tecnovisionarie ceremony (XIX edition in 2025).
• Assobiotec-FederchimicamajorGTM or Marketing PartnerIndustry-association partner; Elena Sgaravatti (Tecnovisionaria 2020, Plantarei President, board member CS) is also Vice President of Assobiotec.
• AssolombardamajorGTM or Marketing PartnerFounding industry-association partner; Gianna Martinengo served on Assolombarda's council (2002/2007) as Chair of the Female Entrepreneurs Committee and coordinator of Lombardy's CIF committees until 2013.
• IFOM – Istituto AIRC di Oncologia MolecolaremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner; Marta Kovatcheva heads IFOM's research programme on cellular plasticity and aging and was a 2025 Tecnovisionaria.
• UK Space AgencymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research partner; Meganne Christian (ESA Astronaut Reserve, Senior Exploration Manager Commercial at UK Space Agency) was a 2025 Tecnovisionaria.
• Università degli Studi di Milano, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Università di Trieste, Università di Padova, Università di Bologna, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Unimore), Czech Technical University in Prague, Sciences Po, HarvardmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partners providing researchers and students (e.g., Giulia D'Angelo at Czech Technical University via Marie Curie fellowship; Gaia Van der Esch studied at Sciences Po and Harvard; multiple professors on the Scientific Committee).
• Donnamoderna, ELLE, StartupItalia, EconomyUp, Il Sole 24 Ore, AGI, RTL 102.5, AdnKronos, Panorama, Engage, IAB ItaliaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia partners that amplify Women&Tech's Premio Tecnovisionarie and corporate announcements (Erika Fattori/IAB Italia appointment covered by ItaliaOggi, Engage, Primaonline, Dailyonline, etc.).
• Unipol GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate associate and event host: hosts WEP workshops at Unipol Tower (Via F.lli Castiglioni 2, Milan) and contributes DEI leadership (Evelina Galione, Alessandra Cappello, Federica Pizzini, Silvia Lazzari).
• BNet2Connect (Marco Vigini)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsultancy partner delivering the WEP networking workshop on "Networking as a transformative competence".
• Università degli Studi di Trieste (CIF Como, Fondazione Cariplo, Politecnico di Milano - Linda Greta Dui)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for AI-and-disability webinar using sensorized pens and tablet games; data analysed from ~25,000 students in Lombardy.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Inspiring Girls International: Charity connecting young girls with female role models through school and workplace programs. Directly comparable to Women&Tech's Young Ambassadors and Spill the sTE(A)m youth-outreach programs in target audience, role-model mentoring format, and corporate volunteer engagement model.
• WomenTech Network: Global digital community for women in tech with awards, conferences, and an online directory. Comparable to Women&Tech ETS in community-and-events-led GTM, awards programming (similar in structure to Tecnovisionarie), and corporate sponsorship model, but distributed internationally rather than Italy-centric.
• Fondazione Marisa Bellisario: Italian non-profit focused on women leaders in science, technology and business, awarding the Germoglio d'oro and similar prizes. Directly comparable to Women&Tech ETS in mission (women in STEM), award-program model (Tecnovisionarie vs. Bellisario awards), and Italian corporate-association sponsorship base.
• European Women in Tech: Europe's largest women-in-tech community and conference platform, operating events, awards and mentoring programs across multiple countries. Closely comparable to Women&Tech ETS in target audience (women in technology) and event-driven, community-led model, but at a broader pan-European scale.
• Fondazione Bracco: Italian non-profit foundation running STEM and STEAM education programs for young people, with a strong emphasis on girls and women in science. Comparable to Women&Tech ETS in mission (gender-inclusive STEAM education), Italy-based non-profit structure, and corporate-foundation funding model.

Emerging players

• Girls Who Code: US non-profit running coding clubs, summer programs and alumni networks for girls in computing. Comparable to Women&Tech's STEM/STEAM youth-orientation programming (Ready4Future, Spill the sTE(A)m) in target audience and corporate sponsorship model, but at a much larger US-centric scale.

Broad incumbents

• AnitaB.org: US-rooted global non-profit advancing women in computing through programs, awards (the Anita Borg Award), and the Grace Hopper Celebration. Comparable in women-in-tech mission and award-program format, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach than Women&Tech ETS.

Others

• Politecnico di Milano: Leading Italian technical university and Women&Tech's most important academic partner, hosting researchers on the Scientific Committee and co-organizing events. Adjacent rather than competitive, but a useful comparable for institutional positioning and access to senior women-in-STEM talent pools.
• Assolombarda: Confederation of Italian enterprises in Lombardy. Not a direct competitor, but a long-standing ecosystem partner of Women&Tech ETS (founder Gianna Martinengo chaired its Female Entrepreneurs Committee) and a relevant comparable for how a non-profit/association model sustains itself through Italian corporate membership tiers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/womentech
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/Womentech
• Facebookfacebook.com/women.technologies
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/associazione-donne-e-tecnologie
• Instagraminstagram.com/womentech
• TikToktiktok.com/@womentechets

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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