Women in tech in Paris: groups, events, leaders and companies
Paris is France’s tech capital. The Île-de-France region is home to about 44% of France’s 18,000 startups and created 65% of all new French startup jobs in 2025, and Station F, the world’s largest startup campus, sits in the city.
It is also one of Europe’s main AI hubs, with Mistral AI, Hugging Face and research labs from Google and Meta, plus fast-growing software companies like Doctolib, Qonto and Pigment.
The median base salary in France’s digital sector is €45,540 a year, and tech pay is highest in the Paris region. See tech salaries in Paris.
By Heidi Lee, community manager, OutGeek Women in TechUpdated
Where women work in Paris tech
Women hold 29% of jobs in France’s digital sector, but only 19% in development and testing and 13% in production and operations.
Tech salaries in Paris
Numeum’s 2025 pay survey of France’s digital sector puts the median base salary at €45,540 a year. Tech pay in France is highest in the Paris region.
Pay in France’s digital sector
EUROS · NUMEUM 2025 AND INSEE 2024Women in France’s digital sector
Women in tech organizations in Paris
Groups based in Paris or running programmes in the city, for training, mentoring, networking and founding startups.
Femmes@Numérique
French foundation bringing together about 40 associations and 42 companies to get more women into digital jobs. Co-runs the Code ton Futur Youth Camp at École 42 in Paris. femmes-numerique.fr → CAREERSSocial Builder
Association founded in 2011 that has trained more than 40,000 women in digital skills. Runs the Tech Boost’Her career event in Paris. socialbuilder.org → GLOBALWomen in Tech
International organisation headquartered in Paris, founded in 2018, with programmes in education, business and digital inclusion. women-in-tech.org → STUDENTSElles bougent
Association founded in 2005 that connects girls and women students with women engineers and technicians, and runs a yearly careers forum. ellesbougent.com → FOUNDERSSISTA
Collective of women entrepreneurs and investors working to close the funding gap for women-led startups in France. sista.co →Notable women in tech in Paris
Founders and tech leaders who come up again and again in Paris and French tech news.
Eléonore Crespo
Co-founded Pigment, the Paris AI business planning platform, in 2019. The first woman CEO in France’s Next40 index; Pigment raised $250 million at a $2.3 billion valuation in October 2026.Roxanne Varza
Runs Station F, the Paris startup campus. Earlier she led Microsoft’s startup activities in France and co-founded Tech.eu.Roxane Laigle
Leads AI company Lemrock after running strategy and innovation at Fnac Darty. On the board of La French Tech Grand Paris and in Sifted’s Top 100 Women in Tech 2026.Aude Guo
Co-founded Innovafeed, which raised one of the largest funding rounds for a woman-led company in 2022.Lucie Basch
Co-founded Too Good To Go, the app for buying surplus food from shops and restaurants.Julia Bijaoui
Co-founded Frichti, the Paris food delivery and grocery startup.Notable tech companies in Paris
From AI and software scaleups to banks, telecom and media groups.
AI
Software and fintech
Doctolib
Health booking and software platform, headquartered in Paris.Pigment
AI business planning software, founded in Paris.Qonto
Business banking app, headquartered in Paris.Alan
Health insurance company, headquartered in Paris.Dataiku
AI and data platform, founded in Paris.Criteo
Advertising technology company, headquartered in Paris.Back Market
Marketplace for refurbished electronics, founded in Paris.BlaBlaCar
Carpooling and bus platform, headquartered in Paris.Banks, consulting and industry
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OutGeek Women in Tech in Paris
We run two to three recruiting events in Paris every year, plus private recruiting events for companies. Hiring teams at our recent Paris event included TF1, Adikteev, Yubo, Pernod Ricard and Dataiku.
Each event features short talks from hiring teams, speed networking with recruiters and engineering leads, and open networking with food and drinks.
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Yubo
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Women in tech in Paris: common questions
What is the women in tech scene like in Paris?
Paris is France’s tech capital. The Île-de-France region is home to about 44% of France’s 18,000 startups and created 65% of new French startup jobs in 2025, with strong AI, fintech and software sectors. Women hold 29% of jobs in France’s digital sector. Paris has active groups for training, mentoring, students and women founders.
What percentage of tech workers in Paris are women?
Across France, women hold 29% of jobs in the digital sector, according to Numeum’s 2025 survey, but only 19% of development and testing roles and 13% of production and operations roles.
Where women work in Paris tech →How much do tech workers earn in Paris?
Numeum’s 2025 survey puts the median base salary in France’s digital sector at €45,540 a year. Tech pay in France is highest in the Paris region.
Tech salaries in Paris →Is there a gender pay gap in French tech?
Numeum’s 2025 survey found that pay gaps in the digital sector mostly come from the roles women and men hold. For comparable roles and profiles, the gap in base salary is 1.9%.
Women in France’s digital sector →What women in tech groups are there in Paris?
Groups in Paris include Femmes@Numérique, Social Builder, Women in Tech, Elles bougent and SISTA.
All Paris women in tech groups →Are there women in tech events in Paris?
Yes. OutGeek Women in Tech runs two to three recruiting events in Paris every year, plus private recruiting events for companies. Social Builder runs the Tech Boost’Her career event, and Femmes@Numérique and Women in Tech run a Youth Camp at École 42.
Tech recruiting events by city →What is OutGeek Women in Tech Paris?
OutGeek Women in Tech runs recruiting events where hiring teams meet women in tech in person. Our Paris community has more than 4,000 members. In Paris we run two to three recruiting events a year, plus private recruiting events for companies. Joining is free at outgeek.org.
About OutGeek Women in Tech in Paris →Which tech companies are notable in Paris?
Paris tech employers include AI companies like Mistral AI and Hugging Face, software and fintech companies like Doctolib, Pigment, Qonto, Alan, Dataiku and Criteo, and large groups like BNP Paribas, AXA, Capgemini, Thales and Orange.
Company ratings and open roles →Who are notable women in tech in Paris?
Women who appear often in Paris tech news include Eléonore Crespo (Pigment), Roxanne Varza (Station F), Roxane Laigle (Lemrock), Aude Guo (Innovafeed), Lucie Basch (Too Good To Go) and Julia Bijaoui (Frichti).
Notable women in tech in Paris →