Female Founder Programme

Are you a female founder in Coventry with an innovative product, service or idea?

We provide tailored support and guidance, helping you to start, grow, and scale your business.

What is the Female Founder Programme?

The Female Founder Programme, hosted by Warwick Innovation District, is specifically designed to support female founders of start-up businesses in the West Midlands.

Offering free support and guidance, our programme of in-person and online workshops and meet-ups will provide connection, inspiration and practical support as you start, grow, and scale your business.

  1. Monthly workshops / clinics / talks / panel discussions/ One-to-one support.
  2. Access to our co-working space and University of Warwick campus facilities.
  3. Events and Networking opportunities .
  1. The programme is for female-founded or female-led businesses as well as women who are considering starting their own business.

  2. Have an innovative product, service or idea (email innovate@warwick.ac.uk if unsure)

  3. Attend at least one Female Founder event every 3 months.

Key Information

Location

Junction Building

6 University Rd

Coventry

CV4 7EQ

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Our Lineup of Guest Speakers: Sally Wilson / Nitika Vyas / Tara Sakhuja

Female Founders Unfiltered:
the reality behind the rise.

Join us for a real talk with our incredible female founder panel. Hear raw stories, lessons learnt and unfiltered advice.

Introducing our ‘Female Founders Friday’ series, where every first Friday of the month we have inspiring speakers, delicious coffee and the opportunity to co-work together afterwards.

Lessons Learned: Advice from an Entrepreneurial Journey

As part of our series on female founders, we spoke to Sally Wilson, founder and CEO of Caterpillar Crafts Ltd, about how growing the right team can help fuel business growth.

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If you’re looking to grow fast and build the skills to do it right, we can help. From FinTechs to exporters, from the app makers to the risk-takers, we believe in entrepreneurs.

As a founder it’s always challenging, as a female founder, it’s another level of – hurdle you have to try and overcome. I am currently looking for investment to scale and to move my business into the next phase and the benefit of spaces like this is, that when we come together as a community, that network is there, and you can find those pathways and that is what’s so enlightening. There are so many women out there that perhaps have an idea, or always wanted to run a business, but not had the connections, the community, the knowhow on what to do next – What makes us different here with the Female Founders Program at Warwick Innovation District, is the amazing access to the university. We have so much expertise, we have so many resources that you can’t get elsewhere.

Unlock your potential as a female entrepreneur

Hear from Emmaline Vaughan Ronson and Zoe Mobberley about the opportunities we offer to help grow your business…

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