Boosting Female Founders Initiative – Round Three

Overview

The program will provide targeted support on a co-contribution basis to female founders of startup businesses to scale into domestic and global markets. The program will also offer expert mentoring and advice to a select number of eligible applicants. The objectives of the program are to: stimulate private sector investments into innovative startups led by women help women entrepreneurs overcome barriers to accessing finance and support necessary to scale their startups enable female founders to scale-up, expand into domestic and/or global markets, and become self-sufficient boost the economy through increasing the diversity of startup founders. All eligible applicants can apply for a grant between $100,000 and $400,000. If you meet additional eligibility criteria as detailed in the grant opportunity guidelines, you can apply for a grant up to $480,000. The grant amount will be up to 50% of eligible project costs - unless you can meet additional priority group requirements (see the grant opportunity guidelines for further information).