About
Funded under the European Innovation Ecosystems work programme of Horizon Europe, Women TechEU is a new initiative of the European Union. The scheme offers first-class coaching and mentoring to female founders, as well as targeted funding to help take their business to the next level. Women TechEU offers:
- Financial support to the company as an individual grant of EUR 75 000 to support the initial steps in the innovation process, and the growth of the company,
- Mentoring and coaching provided by the EIC Business Acceleration Services (BAS), under the new “Women Leadership Programme”, which include dedicated networking and pitching events,
- The possibility to participate in dedicated activities organised by InvestEU and Enterprise Europe Network.
As of 2023/2024 the Women TechEU scheme will be organised by an external consortium. You will find more information in the Horizon Europe European Innovation Ecosystems Work Programme 2023-2024.
Women TechEU 2021-2022
The Women TechEU pilot scheme launched on 13 July 2021 as a new EU scheme supporting deep-tech start-ups led by women and helping them grow into tomorrow’s deep tech champions. Under the Women TechEU pilot call, 50 promising deep-tech start-ups from the EU Member States and Associated Countries are receiving targeted funding and first-class coaching and mentoring.
After its successful pilot, in 2022, the Commission has launched a second WomenTechEU call, with an increased budget of 10 million euro. Another 134 deep-tech companies, founded by women, will be getting financial support and mentoring services as a result.
Funding opportunities
The call for women-led startups is now closed. Deadline for submissions was 4 October 2022 17:00 (CET).
A new call is open for the organisation of the Women TechEU calls 2023-2024. This call is targeting consortia. Please apply here.
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News
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On this international women's day, we are highlighting all the programmes managed by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency that support women innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers
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Today, the Commission announced the results of the second call under the WomenTechEU scheme, targeting innovative European deep-tech companies founded by women.
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The second edition of the Women TechEU call showed an increasing demand for funding targeting women-led deep-tech start-ups. On 4th October, the European Commission received 467 applications from 35 Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries.
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A total budget of €33.5 million is available for creating more connected, inclusive and efficient innovation ecosystems that support the scaling of companies and spur innovation.
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The European Commission launched today the second call of Women TechEU, with an increased budget of 10 million euro. This year, up to 130 deep-tech start-ups led by women will qualify for funding and business acceleration services to grow into tomorrow's female tech leaders.
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