WSC is an independent business incubation & competition with a mission to support female entrepreneurs

Our Goals: Grab attention, grow woman participation, meet entrepreneurs and investors

WHO WE ARE

Women Startup Competition is an annual startup competition in Europe. It was founded in order to give opportunities for female entrepreneurs and their team members to meet investors, receive support and advice to reach their business goals. The competition aims to increase the currently very low ratio of women in business.

Women Startup Competition was born in 2012, in Budapest, Hungary. Since then the movement has constantly been blooming and growing, attracting the creative female entrepreneurs, who we accelerate to speed up on the superhighway of business. The community and the network keep growing from its very beginning, and we constantly expand geographically. WSC is present in 12 European countries offering training series and competitions as well.

The aim of the Women Startup Competition is to grow the presence of women in business, and in order to do this, we provide training and opportunities for more-and-more gender diverse startups to realize their dreams and encourage them to do what they love to do.

Our series of competitions increase the number of innovative enterprises where the majority of the founders are women. We would like to improve the knowledge of female entrepreneurs, encourage and help them, and would also like to connect them with leading corporate innovation centers, venture capitalists, angel investors, and other possible traction generation partners.

WHY APPLY?

To get attention, to grow women's participation in business, to create gender balance.

Increase your chances! All the winners from the local semifinal events go straight to the Final Demo Day.

Ask questions! All other attendees go through the same as you, you can benefit from each others' questions and answers.

Learn to please your audience! Get the ultimate hints and improve your presentation and pitching skills.

WHO CAN APPLY

The final event is INVITATION ONLY! We will invite the semifinal winner Startups that have at least 50% women in the entrepreneurial team or a female CEO or female founder.

GENERAL EVENT SCHEDULE

Final Demo Day

• 18:00 Demo Day Welcome & greetings

• 18:20 Keynote by WSC

• 18:25 Keynote by Sponsors (15’)

• 18:40 2 min pitches + 5 min Q&A

• 20:05 Panel discussion ( under the jury evaluation)

• 20:20 Winner announcement & Closing speech

• 20:30 - 22:30 Virtual Drink, food and networking

Congratulations to the WINNERS!

• Special prize --> Little Bridge --> Participation in the Vienna Up Festival by the Vienna Business Agency

• III. place --> Twigsee --> Interviews with media and investors

• II. place --> Investory --> Interviews with media and investors

• I. place --> Little Bridge --> Interviews with media and investors