Women Entrepreneurs in Agrifood: Application Period for Romanian Agriculture Business Owners Kicks Off
Time to Level Up, Female Agri-Preneurs! 🚀
Get pumped, ladies! Impact Hub Bucharest, in tandem with EIT Food, is taking applications for the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) program, a program exclusively for female entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector. 🌱🚀
This epic acceleration program offers ten lucky winners a plethora of goodies, including mentoring, training sessions, ongoing support, access to an international network of industry soldiers, and the chance to nab two prizes worth €10,000 and €5,000 respectively. 🤑🏆
Applications are open until May 23, with the goal being women who either have a brilliant idea or are running an existing startup of no more than three years under their belt. 💼📅
To be eligible for the Empowering Women in Agrifood 2025 program, your agri-food startup must be no older than three years and haven't collected more than €60,000 in funding from private or public sources. 💰🏡
EWA participants will join entrepreneurial events, mingle with industry experts, mentors, and fellow agri-entrepreneurs, creating an international context ripe for growth and collaboration. 🤝🌐
The program schedule includes the selection of participants between May 26 and June 4, followed by the kickoff meeting and the official announcements of those chosen on June 4 and 5. A matchmaking event is set for June 19, with participants benefiting from mentoring, training, and dedicated events from June to November 2025. The fun comes to an end in November 2025 with the final event. 🎉📅
EIT Food is Europe's largest food innovation initiative, comprising key players in the food industry, startups, research centers, and universities from across the continent. It's one of nine Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), an EU body created in 2008 to fuel innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe. The ultimate goal of EIT Food is to "futureproof" the food system, meaning building an inclusive community that supports innovation at all stages of a business's life cycle. 🌱🌐
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The Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) 2025 program, launched by Impact Hub Bucharest and EIT Food, is a dedicated accelerator for women-led startups in the agrifood sector.
## Eligibility Criteria
- Target group: Women founders in Romania’s agrifood sector.- Stage: Early-stage startups (≤3 years old) or entrepreneurs with business ideas.- Scope: Projects must operate within agrifood, including agriculture, food production, or related technologies.
## Benefits
- Training & mentorship: Intensive business growth sessions and industry-specific guidance.- Funding opportunities: Two grants awarded—€10,000 and €5,000.- Community access: Membership in EIT Food’s global network and exposure to international experts.
## Schedule for 2025- Application window: 2 April – 23 May 2025.- Program duration: The acceleration phase typically occurs after selection, though exact dates are unspecified in the available data.
The initiative aims to bridge gender gaps in agrifood entrepreneurship by providing tailored support to women-led ventures.)
- Join the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) 2025 program, a dedicated accelerator for female entrepreneurs in Romania's agrifood sector.
- To be eligible, applicants must be women founders with projects operating within agriculture, food production, or related technologies.
- The program offers intensive business growth sessions, industry-specific guidance, and funding opportunities of €10,000 and €5,000.
- applications are open from April 2 to May 23, 2025, with the acceleration phase starting after selection.
- Participants will gain access to EIT Food's global network and exposure to international experts in entrepreneurship, science, health-and-wellness, lifestyle, small-business, investing, personal-finance, education-and-self-development, career-development, and skills-training.
- The program aims to bridge gender gaps in agrifood entrepreneurship, fostering women's potential in business and career development.
- The EWA 2025 program is part of EIT Food, Europe's largest food innovation initiative, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).
- EIT Food comprises key players in the food industry, startups, research centers, and universities across Europe and aims to "futureproof" the food system.
- By participating in the EWA 2025 program, female entrepreneurs can level up their agrifood startups and contribute to a more inclusive and innovative food ecosystem.
