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Women-Led Deep-Tech Call
Amount
€55,000
Deadline
Jan 29, 2026
Odds
~8 winners Europe-wide
Effort
1 to 2 days
Can you get this?
✓For women-founded deep-tech or digital startups
✓Woman founder must hold top management role
✓Women must own at least 25% of shares
✓Startup incorporated 6 months to 6 years old
✓Must not have raised over €1M in equity
Your real odds
Across all of Europe, roughly 8 startups will be funded, with a total pool of €440,000 at up to €55,000 each.
The call is open to all eligible European countries, so you are competing continent-wide. Selection hinges on how well your solution fits one of the corporate-defined innovation challenges, and startups that do not select a specific challenge will not advance.
What it takes
Confirm eligibility requirements1 to 2 days
Review challenges and select one2 to 3 days
Prepare and submit proposal1 to 2 weeks
Worth knowing
Read the corporate innovation challenges before you write a single word of your application, then build your entire proposal around one concrete problem-solution fit, because reviewers are evaluating match to a defined challenge, not general potential.
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