the world's first all-female, all-technical accelerator
eight weeks. twenty founders. 500+ applications, all reached organically.
- a two-day in-person kickoff in london.
- two weeks in person at a hacker house in norway.
- six weeks hybrid, following the two in norway.
- an eleven-strong venture partner bench.
- weekly workshops from industry leaders.
- a demo day for invited investors.
investment terms are confirmed at offer stage.
this is who you'd be joining.
- 500+ applications across two cohorts all reached organically
- 40 founders selected solo or in teams of 2-3
- 8.7% / 7.4% acceptance rate, cohort 1 / cohort 2 more competitive than Oxford or Cambridge
- 45% ex-big tech engineers Tesla, Apple, Google, NASA
- 70% attended a global top 25 university Stanford, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge
- 100% STEM 80% engineering, CS or AI/ML backgrounds
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why are you called the tech bros?
It's a tongue-in-cheek name. Our community of technical women love it, and that's who we're here for.
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am I eligible?
All-female founding teams where everyone has a STEM background are invited to apply.
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do I need a co-founder?
We don’t do any co-founder matching on the programme. You can apply as a solo founder, but we recommend applying in a team of two if possible.
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do I need to be working on my startup full-time?
Yes. Everyone accepted onto the accelerator must be working on their startup full-time.
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do I need to be based anywhere specific?
No. We accept applications globally.
| cohort 1 | cohort 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| repeat founders | 10% | 45% |
| hardware founders | 5% | 45% |
| users or pilots at selection | 35% | 90% |
the programme is getting more competitive.
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Google -
Apple -
NASA -
US Air Force -
Tesla -
Microsoft -
Meta -
AWS -
Discord -
Y Combinator -
Stanford -
MIT -
Oxford -
Cambridge -
UC Berkeley -
Caltech -
EPFL
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ETH Zurich
many of our founders find us at an event first
Four of our twenty cohort 2 founders first came to us as prize winners at bros events.
270+ applied. twenty selected. a 7.4% acceptance rate.
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Yasmine Abdu -
Shreya Agarwal -
Lisa Akselrod -
Sara Alao -
Nabanita De -
Dr. Lydia Frumosu -
Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri -
Chloe Hughes -
Fatimah Hussain -
Alveera Khan -
Iana Lin -
Nadaa Moharram -
Naama Paulemont -
Almeena Shaikh -
Amanda ‘Mango’ Simeon -
Malia Smith -
Dara Tumenbayeva -
Flavia Wallenhorst -
Sissi Wang -
Dr. Helena Williams
cohort 3 applications open next spring.
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