Women TechEU Open Call
Run by Women TechEU 2 EIC · TRL 4 to 6 · Can apply alone
What this call funds
This is a cascade funding call that gives women led deep tech startups a non diluting grant of 75,000 euros plus six months of tailored business development support like mentoring, investor readiness and sales coaching. It targets very early stage startups that have not yet reached a minimum viable product, helping them scale and later qualify for programmes like the EIC Accelerator. The total pot is 12 million euros split across four competitive submission deadlines over two years.
deep tech · sme scaleup · gender equality
Who wins this
A women led, early stage deep tech startup based in the EU or an associated country that is under five years old, has raised less than 1 million euros, and is still between TRL4 and TRL6.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €75k
- Submission
- Multiple cut-offs (rolling call with several deadlines)
- Cut-off dates (4)
- 16 Sep 2026 · 14 Jan 2027 · 1 Apr 2027 · 8 Jul 2027
- Type of action
- Cascade funding
- Partners
- Not required. You can apply on your own.
- Eligible applicants
- startup, SME
- Support to third parties
- Non diluting grant of 75,000 euros per selected startup under this cascade funding scheme.
- Also required
- Applicants must be registered for six months to five years, have raised under 1 million euros in equity, be founded or co-founded by a woman holding a top management position with at least 25% shares, and not have been previously funded by prior Women TechEU editions or EIC Accelerator.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand