Women Cohort

A version of the accelerator built only for women founders and female-led ventures, from teams launching an MVP to those scaling regionally. Alongside the standard growth and fundraising work it adds sessions on leadership, negotiation and founding, and puts founders in front of women leaders as mentors.

What you get

• Mentoring from women founders, industry leaders and ecosystem experts
• Pitch deck preparation and investor-readiness coaching
• Workshops on financial modelling, fundraising, team building, marketing and operations
• Market access through curated introductions and go-to-market support
• Visibility on demo day and through partner networks
• Introductions to investors and angel networks backing women-led ventures

Who can apply

• Women founders and female-led ventures
• Early-stage, preferably with traction and scaling under way
• The same underlying selection criteria as the main cohort apply: a registered entity, a launched MVP, revenue and at least six months of operating history

How selection works: the same five steps as the main cohort — application, screening, interview, selection pitch, panel decision.

How to apply: through the registration form on the Women Cohort page. Check which intake is open before you apply: the page still shows a live form against a calendar whose dates have passed, while a separate page gives a later launch month for a women founder cohort.

This is a fee-paying programme on the same terms as the main cohort.