GROW F

Welcome to our Investment Readiness Accelerator for Female-Led Ventures that Shape the World of Tomorrow

3-Month Investment Readiness Accelerator

We help female-led ventures become investment-ready. Our program unites everything you as a founder need to reach your fundraising goals: deep-dive sessions with industry-leading experts, individual support from experienced mentors and access to Europe’s most successful early stage investors. Plus: access to the constantly growing pan-European Female Founders network.

7

Completed

Batches

69

International

Alumni

1200

Startups in our Database

€33m

Raised by our Portfolio Companies

€700K

average pre-seed Round After Program

Who it is for

Grow F is our 3-month online accelerator program that supports highly innovative and scalable female-led ventures. The program helps founders & startups from Europe and beyond get investment ready.

Startups

For business models that are highly innovative, digital and/or scalable

Diverse Teams

 

For companies with at least one female founding member with equal shares

MVP

For startups with an existing MVP, ideally first traction and a solid business model

Want to Raise

For teams focusing on debunking the whole fundraising process and getting ready to take on investors

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Region

Industry

“Grow F is one of Europe’s highest ranked accelerators for female founders.”

What you will get

While you take part in this 3-month accelerator program, you will be supported individually by our team and also by mentors who are high class professionals, experts, investors and founders. You will get access to an incredible network where you will meet the most relevant and forward thinking people in the European startup ecosystem.

Thinking about applying?

Find out how exactly Grow F promotes female-led startups and the accelerator will bring your business to the next level.

Investors you will meet

“When you are a startup, doing it alone is super difficult – you need support. I realized, as an entrepreneur, how important it is to connect to people – Grow F gave me the chance to.”

Iris Skrami | Co-Founder Renoon | Batch #5

I loved that the Grow F program is focused on fundraising for female-led ventures. The hands-on knowledge and support tremendously helped us in our fundraising process. The same week we had the term sheet negotiation workshop, we also received a term sheet from our investors. We could immediately apply what we have learnt and knew exactly which points we should be negotiating.

Julianne Sloane | Co-Founder Nossa Data | Batch #4

Timeline

Jan. 31st 2023

Application deadline batch #9

April 14th 2023

Kick-off batch #9

Our Partners

Our Experts

During the accelerator, founders are connected with some of Europe’s most innovative minds. Be prepared for multiple deep dives with our top-notch experts.

Our Mentors

We personally match our founders with experienced mentors from our network. During the program, you will have the chance to work 1:1 with your mentor, build a relationship and get tailored advice for your startup!

FAQs

Does Grow F take any equity? Are there any costs related to Grow F?

The Grow F accelerator program is equity free. Nevertheless, we expect full commitment from our participants. Therefore, we take a down payment of €1000 in the case of acceptance. We transfer this money back to you when you successfully participated in Grow F.

What is more, we take a success fee in the case of successful fundraising from € 50k equity investment onwards. The amount is set at 5% of the total investment sum with a cap of € 20k. This means (for example):

  • Capital raised € 70k = € 3.500 success fee
  • Capital raised € 150k = € 7.500 success fee
  • Capital raised € 900k = € 20.000 success fee

The success fee is taken for the sum of equity investment that is closed from the beginning of the program until 12 months after the program has ended. There are several exceptions like if you already have investor LOIs when the program starts. Find out everything about it during the application process.

I already have Angel Investors, does the program still make sense?

Yes, usually half of the startups going into our program already have angel investors on board when joining the program. We do have a focus on the fundraising process overall and institutional investors. As you can also see from our experts, we work with many VC funds delivering sessions.

How many sessions are there? What is the time commitment?

The program has an overall time commitment of roughly 45 hours, we usually have 1-2 sessions per week with an average of 2 hours. All our sessions are highly interactive. You will also have a mentor that works with you throughout the program. In addition, there are individual check-ins with the Female Founders team working with you on your pitchdeck and pitch. 

Is the program virtual?

Yes, the program is fully virtual as of now.