Women2Invest reaches 127 participants in it's two years of journey enhancing female STEAM talent venture capital
The third edition of Women2Invest is about to start: Between the first and second editions (2022 and 2023), they total a number of 144 participants. An incredible group of talented women, from 27 different nationalities, with diverse educational backgrounds, ages, and professional backgrounds.
Women2Invest is an EIT activity, powered by IE Business School, aimed at helping women start a career in venture investment. Participants receive 11 weeks of training to learn about the fundamentals of venture capital (even if they have no previous investment knowledge) and opt to paid internships or jobs in venture capital funds or corporate venture capital funds.
We have received strong interest from the VC industry, so far, more than 20 funds firmly committed to gender balance are recruiting from our cohort: Astanor, Atlantic Labs, BeAble Capital, Breega, BYND Venture Capital, Brightlands Venture Partners, Cherry Ventures, Diffusion Capital Partners, Digital+ Partners, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), eureKARE, Faber Ventures, FoodLabs, Icebreaker, Kompass Digital, Mundi Ventures, Planet A, Plug and Play Tech Center, PropTech1 Ventures, Startup Wise Guys, Signature Ventures, Sofinnova, Swanlaab, UNIQA Ventures, XAnge, Ysios Capital and Zubi Capital. Jointly, they have direct presence in more than 15 European countries, with very diverse investment focus in terms of target stage, technologies and sectors.
We look forward to seeing our participants shine in the venture investment industry!
If you are an investor interested in recruiting from Women2Invest (current or future cohorts) please register here.
If you are interested in joining the 2024 cohort, apply here.