Funding for female founders to scale their startup businesses into domestic and global markets

The Boosting Female Founders Initiative Round 3 provides targeted, co-contribution grants and expert mentoring to majority female owned and led startups to help them scale into domestic and global markets.

Grants are awarded through a two-stage competitive selection process (Expression of Interest then Stage Two application).

Female founded (majority owned and led by women) startups who wish to scale their existing business into domestic and global markets.

The grant opportunity will be delivered through a two-stage competitive selection process: you will first apply via an Expression of Interest (EOI).

If successful, you will be invited to submit a Stage Two grant application.

All eligible applicants can apply for a grant between $100,000 and $400,000.

If you meet additional eligibility criteria as detailed in the grant opportunity guidelines, you can apply for a grant of between $100,000 and up to $480,000.

The program will provide targeted support on a co-contribution basis and will offer expert mentoring and advice to a select number of eligible applicants.