WE Hub

WE Reach sits at the bottom of WE Hub's Social Impact Entrepreneurship ladder. It is built for women who are not yet in business, or who run something informal, and it leans on digital literacy and financial inclusion through entrepreneurship development sessions. It is free.

What you get

• Entrepreneurship development sessions with a focus on digital literacy and financial inclusion
• District and mandal outreach so you do not have to be in Hyderabad to take part
• A goal-setting exercise with a roadmap, either into a skilling programme or into starting the enterprise

Who can apply

• A woman, or a group of two or three women, from Tier 2 or Tier 3 regions of Telangana
• Women who want to start a for-profit enterprise, or who run an informal or group enterprise and now want to start up on their own, or who have an idea that can become a sustainable business
• Existing women entrepreneurs holding at least 51 per cent of a business that is legally registered in India
• Women wanting to bring machinery or digital tools into an existing enterprise

How to apply: Write to fo-sie-wehub@telangana.gov.in. WE Hub says its Social Impact Entrepreneurship programmes take thirty women per cohort and run four cohorts a year, but publishes no dates.

Project Inclusion is WE Hub's incubation track for women who already run a registered business and want to scale it. It covers five sectors: manufacturing, food processing, FMCG, textiles and handlooms, and handicrafts. It is funded through Re-Sustainability Limited's corporate social responsibility programme.

What you get

• Six months of structured incubation aimed at building role-model MSMEs in those five sectors
• Support framed around creating local employment and raising household incomes

Who can apply

• A registered enterprise, trading for two years, looking to scale
• A woman holding at least 51 per cent of the enterprise
• Turnover within a published band, which can be relaxed for handicrafts businesses
• A business with the potential to create employment
• A business operating from commercial premises — home-based units are not encouraged
• The enterprise must be the woman's full-time occupation; part-time entrepreneurs are not eligible

How to apply: Write to fo-sie-wehub@telangana.gov.in.

WE Leads is the top rung of the Social Impact Entrepreneurship ladder, for founders whose business already works and who want to grow it. WE Hub states it is a paid programme.

What you get

• Mentorship and resources to scale, with progress monitored and evaluated through the programme
• Work on product development, market entry, customer acquisition and revenue generation
• Introductions to seed funders, angel investors, venture funds and corporate partners
• A peer community of other women entrepreneurs

Who can apply

• A woman owning at least 51 per cent of a registered business trading for at least two years
• She must be an executive decision-maker and work at least three days a week in the business
• The business must show evidence of past growth
• A scalable model with realistic year-on-year revenue growth plans
• A commitment to keep innovating within the business

How to apply: Write to fo-sie-wehub@telangana.gov.in.

Project Ujaagar is aimed at women from marginalised minority communities, in both towns and villages, who run very small businesses and want to formalise and grow them. Unlike Project Inclusion, it explicitly welcomes home-based micro businesses.

What you get

• A needs assessment, then cohort-based learning and business training
• Sector-specific mentoring
• Help formalising the business through Udyam and MSME registration
• Credit linkage and access to finance
• Networking and business acceleration support
• Infrastructure support

Who can apply

• Women from any marginalised minority community, urban or rural
• Micro businesses operating from home that are willing to formalise and scale up
• Any product category — the programme is sector-agnostic

How to apply: Write to pm-wehub@telangana.gov.in.

Not every founder needs a full cohort. WE Hub also offers a one-to-one intervention model customised to what the entrepreneur actually needs, open at all stages of the journey.

How to apply: Write to fo-sie-wehub@telangana.gov.in describing what you need help with.

GYIP was launched in 2025 and works with college students, especially girls from rural and semi-urban parts of Telangana, to build confidence, innovation skills and career readiness, and to connect them with mentors, industry and the wider startup ecosystem.

What you get

• Hackathons and exposure visits
• Pre-incubation support and hands-on project mentorship
• Internship opportunities
• Patenting and intellectual property support
• Three named strands: the Prerana Fellowship, an eight to twelve month placement for people building a career in the development sector, working with WE Hub and not-for-profit organisations; iLeap, a twelve-week launchpad to turn an idea into a prototype; and Campuspreneur, which starts a venture on campus

Who can apply

• Undergraduate and postgraduate students aged 17 to 23
• Students from any academic discipline
• Students with an early-stage idea or a strong interest in entrepreneurship and innovation

How to apply: No route is published for GYIP. Write to info@wehub.org.in and ask which strand is open.

WE Enable works with women's colleges to build technology and entrepreneurship skills in their students. It runs on a hub-and-spoke model: a women's college acts as the central hub for five spoke colleges, and each spoke college runs four cohorts of fifteen students. Read the eligibility carefully — the applicant here is an institution, not an individual founder.

What you get

• Domain-focused course certifications
• Support taking an idea to proof of concept
• Internships and live projects
• Immersive visits to corporate and startup environments
• Community building, skill enhancement and networking
• Personalised assessments

Who can apply

• Undergraduate and postgraduate colleges from various streams, as hub or spoke institutions
• Second and third year students in those colleges, across Telangana
• Students interested in building technical proficiency, decision-making and an entrepreneurial mindset

How to apply: No route is published. Write to info@wehub.org.in.

PROPEL is the early-growth rung of WE Engage, co-designed with Wadhwani Foundation. It concentrates on access to market, funding and networks, with co-designed modules, personalised mentorship and hands-on bootcamps.

What you get

• Work on product-market fit and a scalable business model
• Access to funding
• Goal setting and gap identification
• Strategic support for growing both in India and abroad

Who can apply

• Women entrepreneurs in India holding 51 per cent of the company, or equal or majority ownership, or who are one of the CXOs, from urban India
• Startups at the early growth stage
• The company or enterprise must be legally registered in India

How to apply: Use the application link on WE Hub's Urban Innovation page. It was open and accepting responses when we last checked.

SPARK is the rung below PROPEL. It is for women who have a working prototype or MVP and are chasing their first paying customer, and it aims at problem-solution fit and market readiness.

What you get

• Knowledge sessions led by industry experts
• Personalised mentor support
• Work on problem-solution fit and meeting a first customer
• Information about grants, seed funding and debt, and help applying
• Bootcamps designed by WE Hub

Who can apply

• An enterprise 51 per cent owned by a woman entrepreneur, or by a group of two or three women, from urban India
• Entrepreneurs with a validated MVP or prototype who are actively seeking first revenue
• The company or enterprise must be legally registered in India

How to apply: No application link is published for SPARK. Write to info@wehub.org.in and ask when the next cohort opens.

FLINT is WE Hub's entry point for women who have an idea and nothing else. Over six weeks it assesses whether the idea is feasible, then works with prototype partners to build something real. It is the only WE Engage track whose published criteria do not require a registered company.

What you get

• A structured assessment of how feasible the idea is
• Six expert-led sessions with hands-on activities
• Collaboration with prototype partners to build a prototype in six weeks
• Access to innovation and prototyping partners

Who can apply

• Students with an innovative idea
• Working women looking for a career shift
• Women on a career break with startup ideas

How to apply: No application link is published. Write to info@wehub.org.in and ask when the next cohort opens.

WE Elevate is WE Hub's most selective programme. It is tailored per company rather than run as a class, and it focuses on funding and market needs. Its revenue floor is the highest entry bar of any WE Hub programme, so check it before applying.

What you get

• Dedicated one-to-one support over three to six months, with regular feedback and progress tracking
• Access to funding aligned to the company's growth goals
• Access to market through government, domestic and international connections
• Help building long-term growth strategies
• Networking and collaboration opportunities
• A startup toolkit of resources

Who can apply

• Women entrepreneurs in India holding 51 per cent of the company, or equal or majority ownership, or who are one of the CXOs, from urban India
• Startups at growth and acceleration stage in technology, services or product industries
• Startups generating annual revenue above the published threshold

How to apply: No application link is published. Write to info@wehub.org.in.

WE Found Her exists because women-led startups raise a small fraction of global venture funding. It connects women founders directly with angel networks, venture funds and other investors matched to their stage and sector, and prepares them for the conversation. The current edition runs in partnership with the Indian Angel Network.

What you get

• Direct introductions to angel networks, venture funds and other investors suited to your stage and sector
• Strategic guidance and mentorship to get ready for a raise
• Platforms to pitch your venture to investors

Who can apply

• Women founders. No eligibility checklist is published, but the application asks for your stage of business, business and revenue model, how much you want to raise and what type of funding you are after

How to apply: Complete the WE Found Her application on WE Hub's site. Have a pitch deck ready as a PDF, a short video introduction of yourself and the venture, and optionally financial projections, media coverage or testimonials.