Enterprising Women - take your business to the next stage
Enterprising Women is a fully-funded business support programme to help women take their business or idea to the next stage.
You'll benefit from our award-winning business support, network, and a supportive community.
Register for the Enterprising Women 4.0 launch event on 12 June.
What you get
Who can enter?
If you have an innovative idea, hobby or side hustle that you want to commercialise, we encourage you to apply.
You must identify as a woman, or non-binary assigned female at birth, and live and work in the UK. You need to have ambitions for business growth or impact and be ready and open to receive support and advice.
We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, including people of the global majority, the LGBTQIA+ community and those with disabilities.
What's involved to enter?
We encourage those interested in applying to attend the Enterprising Women 4.0 launch event on 12 June to find out everything you need to know about the programme, as well as to hear an inspirational panel discussion with previous Enterprising Women awardees.
Applications for Enterprising Women 4.0 close on 31 July, midnight.
18 women-led businesses will be selected to join Enterprising Women 4.0 in September and the programme will start in October.
Successful applicants will need to commit to 6 half-day workshops between October 2024 and March 2025, along with additional time engaging with mentors, advisers and the SETsquared team.
The Enterprising Women 4.0 cohort will deliver a final pitch at a showcase event in April 2025.
Enterprising Women 4.0 is kindly funded by NatWest.
If you meet the criteria, get ready to apply
You will need to have information about your business or idea available in order to complete the application
Enterprising Women 3.0 cohort:
Black Girl Convention is a movement to ensure that all womxn* of African and Caribbean heritage have a sense of home by sharing, shaping and owning the black girl experience.
Circe is an inclusive career support platform built on expertise and connection. Circe was created to help women nurture their careers and professional spaces via meaningful, progressive and powerful expert help.
Complexical provide bespoke, ethical consultancy on technical topics such as artificial intelligence and data strategy. Our approach is always human-centric and inclusive, privacy preserving, and considerate of sustainability and environmental impact.
Eleria has developed a portable cleaning and sterilising case for the menstrual cup to help increase the uptake of the more sustainable period products, making the cleaning and sterilising processes quicker and more discreet.
Expordite is a tradetech HMRC-recognised company helping British traders and freight forwarders with export compliance and risk assessment.
Fam Films Productions bring together the Black community in spaces where they can celebrate, create and be inspired by black content from the UK and beyond and for the wider community to enjoy.
ivas promotes sustainable partnerships globally through stimulating meaningful encounters and project-based collaborations.
Jack Fertility is developing the world's first postal sperm test, making it easy and convenient to get reliable results about the status of your fertility from the comfort of your own home.
Laguna Lashes is an eco-friendly eyelash brand on a mission to end plastic pollution in the beauty industry.
Netangel are dynamic content creators with a unique mission – to educate parents and guardians about the potential dangers lurking within trending apps, games, and social media.
self agency are specialist neurodiversity consultants paving new opportunities for every mind.
SignEd by VisitMôr is an educational signage platform helping natural heritage providers tell their own stories and inspire conservation stewardship at scale.
