HER FUND Project

HER FUND is a collaborative project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. The project will last 24 months (March 2024 – February 2026) and will gather 9 partners from 7 countries (Bulgaria, Slovakia, France, Portugal, Ireland, Grece and Denmark). HER FUND is a pan-European network of gender-conscious investors to support female-led companies for growth and sustainability that aims to foster knowledge-sharing and synergies between innovation stakeholders, existing initiatives/projects in order to support the next generation of startups, with an emphasis on women-led companies and gender-conscious investors. This includes identifying best practices, conducting capacity-building activities, and providing guidelines. Additionally, the project aims to transform less connected territories into recognized and attractive innovation hubs, create bridges between EU innovation ecosystems to increase access to capital, raise the number of gender-conscious investors to support women-led companies, and boost women entrepreneurship, particularly in Moderate and Emerging Innovators, by offering them more funding opportunities.