WeBuild
A 12-week programme to help female entrepreneurs harness AI and other technological tools for their business.
Who it is for
To be eligible for support for the WeBuild programme, businesses must:
- Be a women-led or women-founded business.
- Be based on the island of Ireland.
- Have less than 250 employees and less than £40m (or euro equivalent) in annual turnover.
- Be a registered business (pre-revenue applicants are eligible).
- Be at an early or growth stage, demonstrating a clear opportunity for a technology-enabled solution or innovation.
- Demonstrate early-stage business planning, market research, user validation, and/or a technical proof of concept showing potential traction.
- Demonstrate ambition for significant growth, with potential to grow the business to at least £250K turnover (including 25% external sales) within three years, seek investment, and/or secure investment.
Sole traders and social enterprises that satisfy the eligibility criteria are welcome to apply.
Ineligible sectors
Businesses involved in the following sectors are generally not considered eligible for support: Wholesale, retail, distribution, tourism, hospitality, primary agriculture, personal services and professional business services.
Applications from the sectors above may be considered if the business has developed a unique product, system or process that provides additional value to the core business activity.
Businesses involved in practices associated with gambling, health risks or immoral activity or any other activity that may be negatively perceived and bring the reputation of InterTradeIreland into disrepute will not be supported.
Support you can get
WeBuild is a four-month, part-time hybrid programme for ambitious women founders developing tech products and solutions. It blends flexibility with focus, allowing founders to develop their business while making visible progress on their product. Delivered primarily online, WeBuild is structured around a series of powerful in-person labs and expert mentoring that bring founders together to build momentum, test ideas, and move their product forward fast.
Support organisers
- InterTradeIreland