{"id":6520,"date":"2025-04-23T00:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/?p=6520"},"modified":"2025-04-23T00:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:41:20","slug":"we-rise-first-open-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/we-rise-first-open-call\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Programme - WE-RISE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Funding opportunity for Romanian women-led startups in the fields of GreenTech, AgriTech and ClimateTech<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Objective of the Appeal<\/h2>\n<p>The European WE-RISE project aims to support women-led start-ups in the GreenTech, AgriTech and ClimateTech sectors through a two-phase acceleration programme. The aim is to stimulate innovation, sustainability and market presence of these companies.<\/p>\n<p>Companies from Romania are eligible and actively encouraged to apply, given the country's status as a \"moderate innovator\". Minimum 60% of the selected startups must come from countries like Romania. The call provides a real opportunity for growth and internationalisation for Romanian women-led startups innovating in green and sustainable fields.<\/p>\n<h2>Programme structure<\/h2>\n<p>Phase 1 - Nurture: Cultivating strategy and growth<\/p>\n<p>20 startups will benefit from an intensive 3-month programme that includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>financial support of \u20ac5,000 for participation in fairs, conferences, meetings with investors<\/li>\n<li>specialised workshops (e.g. investment readiness, scaling, regulation)<\/li>\n<li>personalised coaching and peer-learning<\/li>\n<li>the elaboration of a Strategic Action Plan (SAP) which will constitute the application for Phase 2.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Phase 2 - Bloom: From strategy to accelerate<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Among the 20 startups will be selected for the acceleration phase (4 months):<\/li>\n<li>financial support of EUR 50,000<\/li>\n<li>advanced coaching, matchmaking with investors, access to networking events<\/li>\n<li>workshops with industry leaders, support for product development, internationalisation and growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Total budget available<\/h2>\n<p>600 000 Euro<\/p>\n<h2>Eligible Applicants<\/h2>\n<p>The call is open exclusively to female-led start-ups registered in EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries. Romania is eligible and prioritised as a moderate innovation country.<\/p>\n<p>Main conditions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>startup founded before 1 January 2024<\/li>\n<li>Fields: GreenTech, AgriTech or ClimateTech<\/li>\n<li>deep tech company with innovative technologies validated in the market (TRL 6-8) or attracting a minimum of EUR 300,000 in previous funding (public or private).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Eligible Activities and Costs<\/h2>\n<p>Phase 1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>participation in international events<\/li>\n<li>travelling expenses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Phase 2:<\/p>\n<p>Activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>product development and technology validation<\/li>\n<li>market research, marketing, business model development<\/li>\n<li>expenditure on branding, pricing, sales and access to infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>ecosystem services and internationalisation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eligible costs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staff costs (max. 70%)<\/li>\n<li>travelling and other direct costs<\/li>\n<li>indirect costs (25% of direct costs)<\/li>\n<li>specific subcontracting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Deadline<\/h2>\n<p>Applications for Phase 1 can be submitted online from 12 March to 14 May 2025, 23:59 CET.<\/p>\n<h2>The application process<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a profile on the platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euroquity.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">EuroQuity<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Join the WE-RISE Greenhouse community<\/li>\n<li>Completing the application form (including pitch deck and IRL self-assessment)<\/li>\n<li>For Phase 2, the application is based on the SAP developed in Phase 1.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oportunitate de finan\u021bare pentru Startup-urile conduse de femei din Rom\u00e2nia \u00een domeniile GreenTech, AgriTech \u0219i ClimateTech Obiectivul Apelului Proiectul european WE-RISE \u00ee\u0219i propune s\u0103 sprijine startup-urile conduse de femei din sectoarele GreenTech, AgriTech \u0219i ClimateTech printr-un program de accelerare structurat \u00een dou\u0103 faze. Scopul este de a stimula inovarea, sustenabilitatea \u0219i prezen\u021ba pe pia\u021b\u0103 a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finantari"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6524,"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6520\/revisions\/6524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esghub.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}