Unlocking EIC Funding: Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs & Investors
On April 10th, 2025, HER FUND project organised a focused webinar exploring how the European Innovation Council (EIC) supports women-led startups and investors. Discover funding tools like the EIC Accelerator, EIC STEP Scale Up scheme, and the Trusted Investor Network that can help scale your business and drive inclusive innovation.
Featuring expert insights from Svetoslava Georgieva, Chair of the EIC Fund Board, this session is ideal for forward-thinking entrepreneurs and investors ready to tap into EU funding.
Meet the speaker :
Svetoslava has extensive experience in finance, both in the public and the private sector. She is the Chair of the EIC Fund, the VC arm of Europe’s flagship innovation programme supporting breakthrough technologies and innovations with a EUR 10bn budget. She is a Member of the Investment Committee of InvestEU, the European Commission’s programme that aims to mobilise over €372 billion in investments. She was the Bulgarian representative in the Pan-European Guarantee Fund (EGF) managed by the EIB Group and established in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. She was the executive director of the Fund of Funds in Bulgaria, which manages a portfolio of c. EUR 600 million of debt and equity mandates, where she was responsible for the establishment, fund manager selection and oversight of five VC funds, three debt funds and two risk-sharing mandates for infrastructure and micro finance. Prior to that, she gained international experience in finance and in the European institutions. She worked in banking and equity investments in London, and in the European Commission in Brussels, dealing with EU economic governance and state aid for banks in Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Bulgaria
You missed the webinar or you want to rewatch it ? You can catch the full recording on HER FUND YouTube channel
✨ This is just the beginning! Stay tuned for the next sessions in our webinar series as we continue to spotlight opportunities, strategies, and voices shaping a more diverse and dynamic European innovation landscape.
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