Cartier Women’s Initiative: Driving Change by Empowering Women Impact Entrepreneurs
The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006, the program is open to women-run and women-owned businesses from any country and sector that aim to have a strong and sustainable social and/or environmental impact.
Eligible Requirements:
To be considered for the Regional Awards, the applicant and her business must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Women-run and women-owned businesses from any country and sector that aim to have a strong and sustainable social and/or environmental impact.
- For-profit: The business should be designed to generate sufficient revenue to support its operations and return some level of profit to its owners. Non-profit enterprises are not eligible.
- Early-stage: The business should have a proven business model and be in the initial phase of its development and growth (between 1 and 6 years of licensed/registered operations as of the date of application).
- Revenue generation: The business should be generating revenue from the sales of its products and/or services for at least 1 year as of the date of application.
- Fundraising: The business should not have raised more than US$2 million in dilutive funding.
- Positive impact: The business should demonstrate that it has realized strong positive impact in its industry and that it has the potential to realize even more impact down the road. It should contribute to at least one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Benefits
Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards 2023 -US$ 100 000 prize & Scholarship to attend INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Executive Education Programme.
For more information: https://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/
Apply before June 30, 2 p.m. CEST
