EUTOP50 is building the most influential innovation leader mentorship programme in Europe.
Our mission is to empower young founders who are building breakthrough products and technologies that meet Europe’s most pressing needs.
We believe that the best way to do this is by connecting them to innovation leaders, corporate ventures organizations, financing sources and growth facilities.
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Previous Innovation Leaders: 2018. Previous winners: 2018. Previous winners: 2017.
The Wominvest Observatory is partnering with EUTOP50, Forum Knowledge4Innovation and Collabwith to organize the prestigious EUTOP50 Awards dedicated to Women Entrepreneurs, Women Investors and Women led VCs.
We want to recognize efforts and contributions to equal investment opportunities for women led innovative business and women led VCs. Also, we want to recognize the efforts to reduce the women investment equality gap, and change the status-quo as a woman investor and as a Venture Capital, and create a different decision making process. At the same time, we want to recognize woman entrepreneurs in the innovation arena who are driving change with their technologies and innovative solutions in the area of sustainability, deep tech and digitization.
We are happy to announce that Ms Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, confirmed her participation for the Award Ceremony on 9th December, 16:30h.
EUTOP50 Awards
// Women Entrepreneur Award for a Sustainable Innovation
// Women Entrepreneur Award for Deep Tech Innovation
// Women Entrepreneur Award for Digitalization Innovation
// Women Investor Award for Supporting Women Entrepreneurs
// Venture Capital Award for Being Inclusive and Investing in Women
Who Can Participate?
We are curating and selecting women entrepreneurs, women investors and women VCs. besides our efforts to find the brilliant and innovative women in our society. We want to hear from you if you are a woman who is innovative, driving change and making a business happen. Maybe you are looking for funding, maybe not. If you are a woman from any kind of background, education, country, gender, university, but you are passionate about your innovative business and you are living in an EU-country. You can participate!
Please, share this opportunity to your women business angels, women investors, women VCs, women entrepreneurs and women super innovators.
Awards
// EUTOP50 Innovation Leader Mentorship Programme.
// One year membership of Forum Knowledge4Innovation to be present in all the European debates regarding innovation.
// An exclusive package from all the Forum Knowledge4Innovation members as a contribution to support with their network.
// A bonus package from all other women entrepreneurs who are participating.
// Feature article in the INNOVATORS Magazine.
// Feature podcast interview about the winner entrepreneurs on the “Business of Collaboration” podcast.
// One year Collabwith Premium Membership, which includes a Smart Collaboration Plan for a year and access to a broad database of academics, innovative corporates and other peer super innovators to improve society.
// One masterclass of Emotional Intelligence for Artificial Intelligence hosted by Collabwith.
// More awards are coming soon!!! We will keep you updated!!
Selection Criteria
// Your business is related to sustainability, digitalization or deep tech (including patents here).
// You are a EU citizen.
// Your business is an innovative business, and you are driving change in your industry and bring value with your services or products.
// You are a woman and you are leading an innovative business.
// A high innovative potential startup not older than 10 (five) years of age founded in the country from where they are participating.
// In order to participate in the award competition, the participant has to finalize their application and send all the required media before 30th November 2020 at 12noon CET.
// We’ll go through the list and get each participant to confirm their application in the awards and to be selected for shortlisting.
Shortlisting & Finalist announcement
Together with our jury members, we work to determine the top 3 nominations in each category and it would be announce on Friday 4th December 2020 prior the 12th Innovation Summit and EUTOP50 Award Ceremony.
Once selected, the top 3 shortlisted nominations in each category will be announced as finalists, who will run to compete.
Selected top 3 finalist per category will be present in the Award Ceremony Session with Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, MEP Lina Galvez, MEP Susana Solis, MEP Maria Graça Carvalho and MEP Karen Melchior.
Jury Members
The jury members will rank each finalist according to the information presented to them. This information is obtained directly from the participant. Jury members will determine who wins in a specific award.
A jury member is an active and connected person within their respective national or international startup ecosystem. A jury member is one that is active in the community directly.
// More jury members are coming soon!!! We will keep you updated!!
Participate!
WE ARE CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS.
IT’S TIME TO REVIEW ALL YOUR AMAZING AND INNOVATIVE BUSINESS!
Please, send a picture of yourself, your logo and 1min video alongside this information to the following email: team@wominvest.org
The 1 minute video should have strictly the following parts: Introduction of yourself, what your business is doing, what are the 3 main challenges you are facing or seeing when looking for investment, and would you like to change the process of accessing capital.
By submitting your application, you will be part of our profile section for entrepreneurs, investors and VCs to become more visible in our Observatory.