TiE Women Program 2025: Global Pitch Competition for Female Entrepreneurs

Equity-Free $50,000 Grant Competition for Women-Founded Startups Worldwide

Donor: TiE Global (The Indus Entrepreneurs)

About: The TiE Women Program 2025 is a prestigious global initiative designed to embrace, engage, and empower women entrepreneurs across the globe, regardless of enterprise size, origin, or background. Launched by TiE Global, the world’s largest network of entrepreneurs, this comprehensive program provides a powerful platform for women founders to showcase innovative business ideas, gain global visibility, and access critical resources for scaling their ventures.

The program follows a structured journey beginning with applications at the chapter level, followed by local competitions and mentoring. Winners from each of the 61 TiE chapters worldwide advance to the global finals, scheduled for December 3-5, 2025, in Jaipur, India. Throughout this journey, participants benefit from extensive mentorship opportunities, investor connections, and networking with fellow entrepreneurs from across 62 countries.

What sets the TiE Women Program apart is its holistic approach built on six key pillars: Learning, Mentoring, Access to Funding, Scalability, Safe Space, and Community. This framework ensures participants receive comprehensive support beyond just financial backing. Since its inception, the program has processed over 8,000 applications, accelerated more than 500 women-led startups, and facilitated mentoring for 800+ women entrepreneurs through its extensive network of 100+ mentors and experts.

The global pitch competition offers equity-free cash prizes totaling $50,000, providing crucial funding without requiring entrepreneurs to give up ownership stakes in their companies. This approach allows winners to maintain control while accessing the capital needed for growth. Previous participants have reported significant business development, new customer acquisition, and valuable connections through the program’s extensive network.

For female entrepreneurs looking to maximize their chances of success, Grantaura offers specialized services including grant research, application preparation, document development (business plans, pitch decks), and submission assistance. Our team of experts can help you navigate the competition requirements and develop a compelling presentation that showcases your business’s unique value proposition.

Focus: Female entrepreneurship, Business innovation, Global networking, Startup funding, Mentorship, Business scaling, Women empowerment

Region: Global

Eligibility:
-Female-founded or co-founded startups only (the opportunity to pitch will only be provided to the female founder/co-founder)
-Female co-founder(s) must have minimum 33% equity in the company
-Companies in business for less than seven years only at the time of application (Company registration after January 1, 2018)
-Preference given to startups raising funds
-Idea Stage Startups do not qualify for screening

Benefits:
-Equity-free cash prizes totaling $50,000
-Global platform to showcase your startup
-Mentoring by successful entrepreneurs
-Investor access from around the world
-Networking opportunities with global participants and TiE members
-Learning sessions and events

Deadline: June 15, 2025

Terms:
-TiE: The Indus Entrepreneurs, a global nonprofit organization founded in 1992 dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, education, funding, and incubation
-Equity-free: Financial support provided without requiring recipients to give up ownership shares in their company
-Chapter: Local branches of TiE operating in different cities worldwide
-Pitch Competition: A structured event where entrepreneurs present their business concepts to a panel of judges
-Global Finals: The culminating event where winners from local chapters compete for the grand prize
-TGS: TiE Global Summit, an annual entrepreneurship conference where the TiE Women Global Finals will be held