Deadline: 18th October 2023 | Supernovas Women Investment Network 2023
| Title: | Supernovas Women Investment Network 2023 |
| Organisation: | Supernovas Women Investment Network (WIN) |
| Fund/Grant: | €5 000 000 |
| Deadline: | 18th October 2023 |
| Eligible countries: | All |
Are you prepared to influence the (prospective) investment sector? Supernovas Women Investment Network (WIN) connects female-led businesses with investors who are interested in gender equality.
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With the assistance of the EIT, the biggest innovation ecosystem in Europe, SUPERNOVAS Women Investors Community (WIN) is where female investors (both in venture capital and business angels) gather to learn and develop professionally, access investment opportunities in female-led startups, and widen their networks.
If you are a woman working in venture capital, check out the forums and the VC Academy.
Check out the Business Angel Academy and the investment forums if you identify as a female business angel or aspire to do so.
Check the investment forums if you work for a startup where the founders or leaders are women.
Through the following initiatives, Supernovas WIN enables female investors to enter and develop in the ecosystem, giving them access to the best female-led dealflow:
WIN Investment Academy offers two different sorts of investors online training courses:
Female business angels, both fresh and seasoned, from the WIN Business Angel Academy
WIN Venture Capital Academy: junior and senior level female venture capital professionals.
Agritech, health, manufacturing, and urban mobility firms with the most innovative leadership will be showcased at WIN Investment forums, which are gatherings for investors.
WIN By networking, a community of female investors is being created where they may share knowledge, coinvest, and explore for new forms of cooperation.
WIN: Why?
- There aren’t many women in high roles investing in venture capital in Europe. They want to see more women invest successfully and write cheques.
- Due in part to the lack of female investors, which could lead to deliberate or unconscious biases, the proportion of capital attracted by female-led firms is significantly lower than their participation in the ecosystem.
- Decisions on investments and innovation are more varied and effective in an ecosystem with a greater gender balance.
- In this perspective, WIN intends to: Increase the number of women investors in Europe (assist women invest successfully, advance in their careers, and take on senior roles);
- establishing connections between female entrepreneurs and investors to investigate investment options.
Venture Capital Academy of WIN
- What: Two distinct training programmes addressing essential themes in the investing process, professional growth, and career factors for female venture capitalists in junior and senior positions.
- How? Through a series of online classes with two levels of seniority.
- Whom: VC Fundraising Investors: Female Venture Capital interns and analysts with up to three years of experience.
- Female Associates or Principals having 3–10 years of VC experience are qualified to become VC partners.
- Contents of Raising VC Investors:
- Do you wish to advance your knowledge of investing in startups and your investment abilities?
- This programme is for you if you are a VC fund intern or analyst who wants to advance your investment knowledge and abilities. To comprehend the essential components of a VC fund, you will have a series of online meetings with professionals in the investing ecosystem over the course of three months. You will learn the skills you need to advance professionally in your career development plan throughout these ten sessions.
- You have a variety of registration options in the registration link above, including registering for a single session, a module, or the entire programme. You will receive a certificate outlining your participation if you register for the complete series, one entire module, or at least 4 sessions (different modules).
Business Angels Network
- The EIT Community and EBAN are working together to produce the SUPERNOVAS Business Angels Free Training Programme. The goal is absolutely clear: to promote gender diversity in the field of angel investing and build a more welcoming environment that supports female investors like you.
- Are you a woman who is enthusiastic about entrepreneurship, innovation, and having a significant impact? No matter your level of investment experience, if your response is a loud “YES,” they have something remarkable in store for you:
- The SUPERNOVAS Business Angels Training Programme is a basic course for female junior business angels (0–5 investments).
- Expert Course: Senior female business angels (6+ investments) can enrol in the ADVANCED SUPERNOVAS Business Angels Training Programme.
- The When and Location
- The courses will be offered online in October and November, and space is limited, so they advise you to reserve your spot as soon as possible. Don’t pass up this once-in-a-lifetime chance to interact with a vibrant group of talented female investors, share thoughts, and together influence the direction of angel investing.
Forums for Supernovas Investment
- How do Supernovas Investment Forums work?
- Investors should: To gain a fundamental understanding of the potential of the opportunity, fit with investors’ strategies and portfolios, and network with other investors, listen to two stimulating hours of pitches from women-led firms. Following the meeting, Supernovas will assist you in finding additional investors who are considering the startups you presented and in determining the next steps.
- New businesses: An exceptional chance to connect with foreign investors following a carefully curated approach that includes assistance in perfecting your presentation deck for a global investor audience.
- Which types of startups will take part?
- companies run or created by women (at least one woman on the founding team) or by women (female CEO)
- funds between 25,000 and 5,000,000 euros are required.
Eligibility
- Participants: They encourage you to apply if you’re thinking about a career in venture capital and you meet the requirements listed below:
- All participants must be in possession of one of the following:
- one of the EU’s 27 member nations
- One of the nations connected to Horizon Europe.
- Full proficiency in English at the professional level, as this language will be used for the training.
- analysts working for a fund in one of the participating nations with a minimum of two months’ experience and a maximum of three years.
- with a sincere desire to advance professionally in the investment field and with a real interest in the venture capital industry/investing in startups.
- detail-oriented, keen to learn, committed, and passionate
- Self-control and initiative: the capacity to work without constant supervision
- Empathy, emotional intelligence, and the capacity to evaluate needs, wants, and intangibles
- They warmly welcome visitors:
- From outside the main entrepreneurial hubs and big cities;
- From underrepresented women minorities;
- Located in countries eligible for EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS).
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