Girl Boss Foundation: grants up to $15,000, two application periods one from January to June and one from July to August
Cartier Women’s Initiative: $20,000 of funding, one year of coaching, networking opportunities and media exposure
Women Startup Challenge (hosted by women who tech): crowd funding platform + $50,000 grant
Springboard Enterprises: network of innovators, investors and influencers who help build women-led technology companies
Global Fund for women: grants for companies that advocate for global women’s rights
Women’s Capital Connection: helps women entrepreneurs invest in themselves
Women Startup Competition (Europe): competition for the best female led startups in Europe
Venture Firms Who Target Female Founders
Kapor Capital: invests in early stage companies with a focus on social impact products/services, and/or with female or minority founder(s)
So Gal Ventures: venture capital firm powered by two millennial women invests back in women
Female Founders Fund: invests in female-run companies, across many areas of business
37 Angels: sources deals and coordinates due diligence for members to invest in deals between $50k and $150k
500 startups: will invest $1M total in 10 women-led companies (or about $100K each)
Women’s Venture Fund: invests in women-led companies, offers guidance and mentorship
Golden Seeds: focused on investing in early stage female entrepreneurs
Belle Capital: premier source of human and financial capital to the underserved market of women-led companies
Women’s Venture Capital Fund: invests in women entrepreneurs creating companies in digital media and sustainable products/services
Texas Women Venture Fund: capital funding for women-led companies
Intel Capital: $125M Diversity Fund focused on female and underrepresented minority entrepreneurs
Valor Ventures: focus on investing in female founders — the company is based in Atlanta, GA
Isabella Capital: focus on early-stage, women-led companies or those operating in the women’s market
Women Venture: helping women create and grow sustainable and profitable businesses
Boston Women’s Venture Capital Summit: a day for women pitching, speakers and workshops; connecting women to capital
Womena: Investing in women in the Middle East
Accelerator Programs
Merge Lane: 12 week program in Boulder, CO
Women’s Start Up Lab: two-week and two-month intensive bootcamps for female founders
The Refinery: based in Connecticut; provides guided support, peer community and mentors/advisors
Digital Undivided: incubator and accelerator helping diverse women founders to raise angel and venture funding
Women Launch: workshops, networks and accelerator program
Pipeline Fellowship: an angel investing bootcamp for women with a $4.5k fee
Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women Program: national competition that selects women entrepreneurs and then helps them grow their companies
NewMe Accelerator: residential technology start-up accelerator for businesses that are led by under-represented minorities
Female High Fliers Programme: 13 week program for female entrepreneurs in Ireland
Business Resources, Networks, and Conferences
Bossbabe Netwerk: for millennial business women to connect, confess, and network — $5 fee per month
Female Entrepreneur Association: online hub with the mission of inspiring and empowering women to turn their ideas into a reality
Marie Forleo: tools and resources on how to drive your business
The Lioness: a magazine with content to inspire female entrepreneurship
In Good Company: co-working space in NYC + in house coaching for women — fee applies
Double Digit Academy: helps women raise angel and venture capital
She Owns It: empowering women to write their own success stories
Women 2.0: is the world’s largest community-driven media brand designed for the next generation of technology leaders
The Empower Lounge: helping women entrepreneurs start + grow their companies right now
Women Home Business: read success stories of small and home-based women entrepreneurs
Women Who Launch: inspires through real-world startup stories, action-oriented workshops and creates support networks with other women
The Chic CEO: online resource for female entrepreneurs
Hello Fearless: online course for aspiring and current women entrepreneurs
Women’s Small Business Accelerator: to help all women acheive their business ownership dreams through mentoring and education
Center for Women and Enterprise: non-profit dedicated to helping women start and grow their businesses
Young Women Social Entrepreneurs: has chapters in Afghanistan, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and the U.S.; provides a network for women and information
Women In Tech: inspire talented women to consider a future in media and technology by providing the network and experience
Women Centric: sharing news about individuals and organizations that fuel better career and business opportunities for working women
The Next Women: a community of investors, entrepreneurs & advisors that provides access to capital, resources and networks
Female Founders: non-profit, governmental organization dedicated to supporting gender equality in entrepreneurship
Female Entrepreneurs of the World: supports gender equality and the advancement of women in entrepreneurship (located on Medium)
The Yellow Conference: a gathering for creative women who desire to ignite passion and bring goodness to the world through everyday living in Los Angeles, CA
Freja Daily: daily tips and inspriation for the new generation of female entrepreneurs
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