Supporting Women’s Impact Entrepreneurship through the Les Audacieuses Programme

Supporting Women’s Impact Entrepreneurship through the Les Audacieuses Programme

L'Académie des Ruches
L'Académie des Ruches

France, Europe

Europe
Projet soutenu Project supported in 2015, 2016 and 2017: Empowering women

Project presentation

 

Following a successful first edition supported by the Foundation, La Ruche launched a new edition of Les Audacieuses in 2016. This competition aims to promote women’s entrepreneurship, as women remain underrepresented among business creators, by specifically targeting women from the Île-de-France region with a social innovation business project.

Among the applicants, 16 women were selected to take part in two days of workshops and exchanges focused on business creation. Eight participants were then chosen to join La Ruche’s incubator and receive support for nine months to develop and bring their projects to life. At the end of the programme, awards were given to the entrepreneurs to help them continue developing their initiatives.

L'Académie des Ruches Key figures

8

women entrepreneurs supported.

L'Académie des Ruches
The association

Founded in 2008, La Ruche is a network of incubators dedicated to impact entrepreneurship. It supports entrepreneurs, associations and project leaders in creating and developing social and environmental initiatives through mentoring programmes, training, consulting and networking opportunities.

 
 

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