Let’s Woman Up
the Business!
We aim to expand female power in the European innovation ecosystem. Join a strong & confident community and bring your best ideas to the table!
Thank you for being with us!
The activities of Womenture project is ending soon, but to stay connected in a supportive ecosystem, join our slack community.
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If you are interested in collaborating as partners, take a look at our results extract:
The Womenture program empowered female entrepreneurs through capacity building, mentorship, and ecosystem development, focusing on communicable results and dissemination. Key activities included nine networking events and 47 bilateral meetings involving 457 participants, a Pre-Acceleration Program supporting 20 startups with 107 hours of training, and capacity-building workshops tailored for diverse needs. An online community of 708 members fosters ongoing knowledge-sharing. Policy recommendations, based on meta-analyses and stakeholder input, propose ten strategies to address barriers for women. Hybrid inspirational events and the Joint Innovation Summit showcased successes, promoting replication and engagement.
Turn your idea into a game-changing concept with expert guidance.
Connect with stakeholders and investors for valuable insights.
Learn vital skills in team building, market validation, and more.
Master the art of the perfect pitch to secure funding.
Join our vibrant community of successful mentors and business experts, propelling you towards success.
Ready to make your mark? Join Womenture now and shape your entrepreneurial journey!
Goals of Womenture project
With the Womenture project, we foster innovation agencies and accelerators to expand their ecosystem by generating new joint services and activities to boost female entrepreneurship in response to a Horizon Europe call. There are four partners in the consortium: DEX IC (Czech), SpinLab (Germany), Tehnopol (Estonia) and Design Terminal (Hungary).
Network
Establish networks between initiatives, startups, and innovation actors.
Business support programme
Create innovative business support services and inspire others to build new ones.
Knowledge sharing
Grow together with other incubators and accelerators.
Project timeline
2023
Showcase the best practice among consortium partners
March
Kick-off meeting Budapest
May
Co-creation workshop Leipzig
August
Capacity building workshop Prague
Connections to other innovation hubs and enhance the engagement with ecosystem builders, public authorities and bring together stakeholders and female innovators.
October - November
Open call for the Pre-Acceleration Programme
2024
January - March
Pre-Acceleration Programme
May
Offline event: Joint innovation Ecosystem Summit
June
Online inspirational event
August
Online inspirational event
October
Online inspirational event
December
Online inspirational event
For Ecosystem-Builders
Join us and grow together!
Partners
Become part of our global innovation network by connecting with startups, investors, mentors, and more. Gain visibility through our website, social media, and project communication to access research knowledge and potential startup collaborations.
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Ambassador
Cooperate and learn from each other and promote each other’s services. Join our efforts to facilitate business support services for female entrepreneurs! Let’s boost innovation and entrepreneurship together.
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Investor
We are looking for investors who are specifically interested in female-lead startups and would participate in shaping the future of promising companies. Stay tuned until our Joint Innovation Summit organised in 2024 November.
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Our Path Leaders
Szabina Tomán
Toman Lifestyle
Managing Director
HU
Lola Onipko
IAmRemarkable
Facilitator Mentor at Equilibrium programme
CZ,UA
Eden Levin
Over the Ofek
Business Owner
DE,IL
Maria Balogh-Mazi
STRT Holding
CMO
HU
Emese Pancsa
Compocity
CEO & Founder
HU
Merlin Seeman
Symmetrista
Co-founder
EE
Kaie Kaas-Ojavere
KIUD Packaging
(Low imPACK)
CEO & Founder
EE
Zuzana Pětníková
Co-founder of Women of the North
CMO at Inago
CZ
Maria-Joanna Schaecher
viMUM
Co-founder
DE
Tereza Všetečková
Women in business of Pardubice Region
President
CZ
Bettina Juhász
Mélylevegő projekt
Co-founder, psychologist
HU
Natalja Napsep
Bidrento
COO & Co-founder
EE
Uzoma Agba
Seedstars
Startup Advisor
DE
Katerina Chantzi
Lysistrate NGO & BinFree
Co-founder & Founder
EE
Edit Ditte Szabó
Ditte Digita
Digital marketing executive & trainer
HU
Landa Grembi
Women Network Equality in Decision Making
Strategic Consultant
Al, AT
Réka Bittera
The Good Persona Consultancy & Community
Founder
HU
Csenge Tassonyi
The Good Persona Consultancy & Community
Co-founder
HU
Szilvia Filep
Coworking Hungary Association
Founder
HU
News
Jun 26, 2024
Let's synergise! Check out some of our sister projects.
During the project, the Womenture partners strive to leverage collaborations with similar initiatives, share knowledge with each other, and explore the most effective ways to support female entrepreneurs. We believe that together we are stronger. Let's Woman up the Business!
Jun 20, 2024
Empowering Women Through Community: An Exclusive Interview with Szabina Tomán
We interviewed one of our ambassadors, Szabina Tomán, the founder and CEO of Tomán Lifestyle Kft., about entrepreneurial life, the situation of female entrepreneurs, and the importance of family and professional balance. When and why did you decide to start your own business? After the birth of my…
Jun 10, 2024
Lola Onipko and the Womenture journey
Womenture is proud to collaborate with Lola Onipko, a respected ambassador for the cause. Lola’s commitment to empowering women entrepreneurs is truly inspiring and has a significant impact. Q1: Lola, as an ambassador for the Womenture initiative, you are deeply involved in empowering women to…
May 22, 2024
Female Founders Summit
On 22 May, Tallinn hosted the Female Founders Summit by Womenture: Let's Woman up the Business!, which brought together participants from all over Europe. The aim of the event was to promote female entrepreneurship and provide a platform for women to share their ideas and experiences. Womenture is…
Mar 25, 2024
Get to know Womenture startups
20 wonderful, idea-stage teams joined our 7-week pre-acceleration program, focusing on the needs of female entrepreneurs! 💼🚀 Check them out here.
Mar 20, 2024
Who supported our female focused innovation hub?
In Womenture's Pre-Acceleration programme, the teams could meet 41 amazing speakers and mentors. Do you want to get to know aome of them?
Jan 15, 2024
Great Interest in Womenture's Pre-Acceleration Programme
Womenture team is happy to announce the success of its recent scouting for the Pre-Acceleration Programme, which attracted 247 applications from 39 countries. The selection process was challenging due to the high quality of submissions, showcasing the global interest in fostering innovation among…
Nov 21, 2023
Womenture Shines Spotlight on Inspiring Women's Stories Across Europe
We believe in women, in their fresh ideas, dedication, or desire to make a world a better place to live. So we have been wondering, why are women significantly less among the founders of start-ups in Europe? Are they not willing to take the risks? Or are they worried about failure? Or is something…
Sep 14, 2023
Ecosystem spotlight
To take strides forward, you must first assess your current position That’s how our meta-analysis concept was born in the Womenture project.. In a concerted effort to empower and uplift female entrepreneurs, the consortium partners embarked on an extensive regional exploration. Through meticulous…
About consortium partners
Design Terminal
Design Terminal is an international innovation agency focusing on entrepreneurial development. Creates value for different kinds of partners in the same way: identifying innovation challenges and look for the best people to solve them. Design Terminal looks for innovative solutions lying in optimistic communities. The programs leverage the power in personal connections and networks. In Womenture project takes a coordinator role.
Key Innovation programs
International
V4 Startup Force, Mentoring Program, CASSINI
Local
ESA BIC Hungary, ESA Technology Broker, ESERO, NAK TechLab
EU projects
AD4GD, X-Europe
12 countries
20+ corporations
100+ mentors
2000+ startups
DEX Innovation Centre
The mission of DEX IC is building startups and technological teams to bring impactful digital innovations to the market and become investable. Focuses on technological teams and early-stage start-ups to scale them up to make them investible. Developed an acceleration program used in DEX IC Accelerator, 4DigitalHealth Accelerator, Moldova Power Accelerator. Builds a unique network of Business Angels and VC funds, and operates an own co-investment network.
Key Innovation programs
V4 Startup Force
V4 InnoBooster
From Scientists to Innovators for Industry" SCI FI
CE-Connector - startups
€30.000.000 fundraised
1000+ students trained
100+ startups
50+ products
80+ mentors
Foundation Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol
Tehnopol Science and Business Park owns the largest science park in the Baltics and supports state-of-art technology entrepreneurship in Estonia and help it expand to the world. Provides enterprises with both modern office spaces and top-notch counselling in developing businesses, capital raising. Provides services for startups (Tehnopol Startup Incubator), scale-ups and corporates (Innovation Leaders Club). The focus areas are green tech, health tech, gov-tech, space tech, smart city & mobility.
Key Innovation programs
Local
ESA BIC Estonia, Innovation Leaders Club, Accelerate Estonia, Accelerators (AI, health tech, cyber tech, green tech, NATO)
Networks
EEN, IASP, Connected Health Cluster, Greentech Cluster
EU Projects
Womenture, NBS Scale, Urban Tech, Green Tech 2.0, INGOs, SCALE-ABLE, Bridging4Growth, AIRE-EDIH
500+ startups finished the incubation program
27M € of pre-seed/seed capital involved
100+ mentors
SpinLab – The HHL Accelerator
SpinLab is a startup accelerator that supports the growth of entrepreneurial and innovative teams to scale up their businesses. SpinLab is proud of its no-nonsense approach and work hard every day to make sure that the participating startups get the necessary resources and guidance. Focuses on startups from fields of e-health, smart city and energy.
Key Innovation programs
Local
Smart Infrastructure Leipzig, de:hub, RootCamp, BITROAD, Smart Infrastructure Ventures, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
EU Projects
EDIH, EIT Urban Mobility, LHyVE (Leipzig, Hydrogen Value Chain for Europe), Womenture
Focus on energy, smart city and e-health startups
€ 160M total in startup investments
84 % survival rate of our startups
Top 5 European Accelerator “The Europas” Award