Women Entrepreneurs Alliance: BayFOR strengthens support for female entrepreneurs

Seventeen institutions from Munich’s innovation ecosystem have joined forces to form the Women Entrepreneurs Alliance (WE Alliance). The Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR) is one of its members. Together, the partners aim to better connect and increase the visibility of existing services for female entrepreneurs and facilitate access to advice, networks, financing and funding.

Women Entrepreneurs Alliance connects services for female entrepreneurs

Munich and Bavaria already offer a wide range of support for female entrepreneurs – from advice and coaching to networks, financing and funding. Until now, however, the services provided by the various institutions have often lacked sufficient coordination.

The Women Entrepreneurs Alliance aims to close this gap. Rather than creating new parallel services, it connects existing structures and expertise within Munich’s start-up and innovation ecosystem. This will help female entrepreneurs find the support that best matches their company, their current start-up or growth phase and their specific needs.

Alongside BayFOR, the founding members of the WE Alliance include BayStartUP, BioM, gate Garching, GründerRegioM, HOCHSPRUNG, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria (IHK), the City of Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich Startup, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), UnternehmerTUM and WERK1.

BayFOR supports female entrepreneurs with EU funding

BayFOR contributes its expertise in research and innovation funding to the Women Entrepreneurs Alliance. It supports female entrepreneurs from start-ups, scale-ups and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in identifying suitable funding opportunities at German federal, EU and international level.

A particular focus is on EU research and innovation funding for innovative and technology-driven companies. Through the EU project EEN2EIC, BayFOR provides female founders and entrepreneurs with targeted guidance, advice, coaching and pitch training. This support is designed to help companies improve their chances of success in highly competitive programmes such as the EIC Accelerator of the European Innovation Council (EIC).

A strong network for female entrepreneurs in Munich and Bavaria

The Women Entrepreneurs Alliance brings together universities, research institutions, start-up centres, funding organisations, companies, investors and other stakeholders. Its aim is to create synergies and make it easier for female entrepreneurs to access relevant networks, knowledge and resources.

Gründerland Bayern provides an overview of the participating institutions and their respective services for female entrepreneurs.

Are you looking for EU funding for your start-up or company?

The Bavarian Research Alliance advises start-ups, scale-ups and innovative SMEs in Bavaria on suitable European funding opportunities and supports them in preparing competitive proposals. Get in touch with us if you are planning an innovative project and would like to explore which EU funding programmes could be suitable for your plans.

Natalia García Mozo
Head of Unit SME Advisory Services
Phone: +49 89 9901888-171
Email: mozo@no-spam-pleasebayfor.org

M. Sc. Julia Richter
Scientific Officer SME Advisory Services
Phone: +49 89 9901888-173
Email: richter@no-spam-pleasebayfor.org