Program overview

The Founder Institute, the world’s leading pre-seed startup accelerator, is inviting early-stage and innovative female entrepreneurs from around the world to apply for its first-of-its-kind virtual program in cooperation with WomenTech Network as part of the Amsterdam – Silicon Valley Virtual 2021 program.  The institute aims to build promising women-led startups in 2021 and further establish Amsterdam as a hub for female leadership, entrepreneurship and invention.

Program details

Application deadline: February 21, 2021

Organizer: Founder Institute

Duration: 105 days (Mar 3, 2021, to May 27, 2021)

Type: Virtual

Program scope: Regional

Benefits

The Female Founder Program helps early-stage women entrepreneurs establish innovative businesses in the Silicon Valley-Amsterdam Founder Institute through:

• Mentorship and feedback from 100+ leading entrepreneurs and industry experts
• Access to a local and global support stream of mentors, investors, and advisors
• Introductions to business angels, VCs, and corporates investing globally
• Over €1.5MM in partner deals and resources
• Various fellowships offered to the top applicants, enabling them to participate in the program for free

Program modalities

The entire program will go virtual without any need for physical presence. The weekly mandatory sessions are scheduled to take place starting 8.30 AM PDT / 11:30 AM EDT / 5:30 PM CET / 6:30 EET and will continue for 3 hours.

What to expect?

During the program participants can expect:

• 5 months of systematic development on their idea and their company
• 200+ specific tasks to develop their idea and company
• Direct and honest feedback about their business
• Weekly online group meetings with top mentors providing practical guidance and Q&A session on specific topics
• Personal and group office hours with hand-picked proficient mentors
• At the later stage of the program, introductions to corporates and potential investors
• Global online demo day webinar for the graduates!

Who should apply?

The Female Founders Program is open to qualified applicants worldwide.

Any pre-seed female entrepreneur interested in establishing an innovative startup is encouraged to apply.

Ambitious founders with a full-time job, solo founders, teams, and founders of established companies (pre-funding) may also apply.

Selection & evaluation

Only a limited number of applicants will be accepted. Female Founder Program successful candidates will be chosen from the best overall applicants to the program, and be notified via email within a few days after application.

After completing s short form, the institute will invite the applicants to undergo an Entrepreneurs DNA Assessment which is the main criteria for assessing and choosing successful ones.

How to apply?

Interested and early-career women entrepreneur applicants can apply online for the program.

To apply and read more about the program and institute, click HERE.