Overview
We’re recruiting for our second cohort that will run from 4 April to 3 July 2025.
If you are an early-stage founder, or a researcher (PhD, postdoc, research staff) at the University of Cambridge, or another institution or company, with some entrepreneurial experience and looking to polish your skills or launch your business idea, then EnterpriseWOMEN is for you.
If EnterpriseWOMEN is the first entrepreneurial learning programme you’re considering, you would be better equipped to join us after undertaking another access programme such as EnterpriseTECH.
Who is it for?
EnterpriseWOMEN offers access to its programme through 3 distinct pathways, each tailored to where you are on your entrepreneurial journey. You’ll most likely be a female researcher or staff member at the University of Cambridge or other institution or company and looking to connect with a women’s enterprise network in Cambridge.
Crafted to accommodate these pathways, we aim to ensure that women from various backgrounds and stages of their entrepreneurial endeavours can find the support, resources and connections they need to succeed.
Women are innately creative, yet our great reserves of entrepreneurial potential are often undernourished. There are real barriers to female entrepreneurship, such as securing funding for our ideas and accessing networks to help us get going. EnterpriseWOMEN aims to help women lead their business forward with confidence and enthusiasm.
Women’s pathways
Pioneer Women
For those in the early phase of their entrepreneurial journey.
You may fit here if you identify with some of these attributes:
- having a strong interest in entrepreneurship, attended or currently attending programmes like EnterpriseTECH or Venture Creation at Cambridge Judge, or other University of Cambridge initiatives like iTeams, BioSpark, Impulse, or external programmes like Carbon13 Venture Builder, ConceptionX, or EF
- having a business idea or being involved in early-stage commercialisation in the science and tech sector
- seeking further knowledge, skills, mentorship and guidance to support the ideation process or early-stage development of your business idea
Verger Women
For those underway in building their business.
You may fit here if you identify with some of these attributes:
- actively exploring entrepreneurial opportunities for your nascent business idea, such as new networks, a co-founder, funding opportunities, etc.
- focused on refining your idea, seeking specialist mentorship and resources
- on the verge of founding your company, but have some missing elements you need help to piece together
Founder Women
For those who have founded their business and are in the early stages of development.
You may fit here if you identify with some of these attributes:
- looking for specific skills, resources, networking or mentorship tailored for established early-stage entrepreneurs
- would like to be a role model or mentor for others in the programme
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Applications for Cohort II have now closed.
Cohort II dates: 4 April – 3 July 2025
Cohort III will take place in 2026, and dates will be announced in due course.
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