EU launches third phase of Women TechEU programme

The EU has launched the third phase of Women TechEU (2026-2028) on 12/06/2026, offering €75,000 in funding per project to 16 deep tech startups. Successful applicants will also receive a personalised business development programme.

The main objective of the Women TechEU scheme, which was launched in 2021, is to foster European innovation by addressing structural barriers that hamper European women entrepreneurs’ talent, including underrepresented deep tech sectors and European regions.

The project is rooted in the belief that diversity drives innovation, and the scheme provides women in deep tech with more opportunities, resources, networks, and support in order to build market-shaping companies at a global level.

The first iteration of Women TechEU as an external project closed to resounding success in 05/2026, having received 3,792 applications, from 43 eligible countries, with its successor project immediately following. The current 15-organisation consortium, led by Sploro (coordinator), AwakenHub and AcrossLimits as core partners, will run the scheme until 2028.

Since 2021…