Apply to Women TechEU, a 6-month programme designed to support women leading early-stage deep tech startups.
You will receive €75,000 equity-free funding along with personalized coaching, mentoring, and networking opportunities to accelerate your startup’s growth.
If you’re ready to take your deep tech project to the next level, connect with experts and investors, and join a community of innovative women entrepreneurs, now is the time to apply!
Each selected startup will receive tailored support designed to help it reach its full potential, including access to a comprehensive range of business development services and one-on-one mentoring from an expert. This six-month support program will be developed jointly by the entrepreneurs and the program team, with clearly defined and customized key performance indicators (KPIs) for growth.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this program, you must meet the following criteria:
- Gender: The founder or co-founder must be the woman and will (if selected) participate in the programme. We consider a woman co-founder if she acquired shares from the company within one year from the date of registration of the company.
- Women leadership: Women legally recognised as founders or co-founders of the company. The founder or co-founder of the company must also currently hold a top management position (CEO, CTO, CSO or equivalent) within the same company. It will be also required that women hold at least 25% of the shares in the CAP table (capitalisation table) of the company.
- Established country: the applicant must be established in an EU Member State and their outermost regions or Horizon Europe Associated Country.
- Early-stage startup: The legal entity must be registered for a minimum of six months and a maximum of five years at the time of the eligibility cut-off date they are submitting for.
- Deep tech: Deep tech innovation aims to provide concrete solutions to our societal problems by finding its source in a deep interaction with the most recent scientific and technological advances and by seeking to produce a profound impact in the targeted application areas.
