Women TechEU 2024 Call 3
Supporting women leading deep tech startups from Europe to grow into tomorrow’s tech leaders.
Women TechEU is a two-year EU-funded project funding and supporting women leading deep tech startup companies from Europe. Across the two years, the consortium will launch a total of four calls for applications. Applicant startups will undergo a rigorous evaluation and a total of 160 winner startups will receive €75k in non-dilutive grants as well as a personalised business development programme including mentoring, coaching and training.
Type of projects to be funded: support for women-led early-stage deep tech start-ups through a €75,000 grant (non-dilutive funding) and a 6-month personalised business development programme. The programme includes mentorship, investor access, and skill-building services.
Sectors / domain: deep tech, including life sciences, AI, computing, clean tech, industrial technologies, aerospace, and new materials.
Individual or consortium: Only individual start-ups (not consortia) are eligible. The lead applicant must be a woman founder or co-founder holding a key position (CEO, CTO, CSO, or equivalent).
Specific eligibility requirements:
Women-led deep tech start-ups registered in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country.
Start-ups must be 6 months to 8 years old and have raised less than €1M in equity.
Must be at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3-6 (development stage).
Women must hold at least 25% of shares in the company.
Companies that have previously received Women TechEU funding for the same activities are not eligible.
Specific topics or challenges: Priority is given to projects contributing to green, digital, and social transitions and those from underrepresented innovation regions in Europe.
Projects duration: The business development programme runs for 6 months (July 2025 – January 2026).
Budget, funding rates, and payment conditions:
Funding rate: 100%
Budget per project: €75,000
Total available budget: €3,000,000 (for up to 40 selected start-ups).
Payment schedule:
€37,500 after Month 1, upon defining key performance indicators (KPIs).
€30,000 after Month 3, if 40% of KPIs are met.
€7,500 after Month 6, upon completion of the programme and KPIs.
📅 Open Call Timeline:
Opens: 15 January 2025
Closes: 17 March 2025 (17:00 CET)
Evaluation & Selection: March – June 2025
Programme Start: 1 July 2025
You can find in-depth open call analysis in the blog: link
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Closes
17/03/2025
Max funding per project
75.000€