As a female entrepreneur, you know how important it is to create opportunities and overcome obstacles. With us, you get the support you need to grow, make an impact and realize your ambitions.
We are here for all innovative entrepreneurs, but on this page we like to spend a little extra
attention to female entrepreneurs in the region. Because that is still necessary.
Female entrepreneurs receive up to 30% less funding than their male colleagues. Less
then 10% of the total available financing and even less than 2% of venture capital goes to
female entrepreneurs. This is not only unfair, but also a missed opportunity for
innovation, growth and the economy. And as long as that inequality continues to exist, ROM InWest will continue to
to stake.
Equal opportunities for female entrepreneurs means more entrepreneurship, more equality
and a stronger economy. According to research by ABN AMRO and McKinsey, that would cost as much as €139
billion extra for the Netherlands. That is why we at ROM InWest are accelerating the financing of
female entrepreneurs and support them in innovation. We will continue to do so until our
goal has been achieved.
For that reason, we are also a launching partner of Code-V, an initiative that helps female entrepreneurs with knowledge, network and capital. Within Code-V, more than a hundred public and private parties in the Netherlands work together to support and accelerate female entrepreneurship.
Our colleague Dorien Lathouwers, ecosystem developer, is leading the way in this:
“We work with local and national partners to create an ecosystem that supports female entrepreneurs. Think of organizing networking events, workshops and
mentoring programs designed to develop skills, share knowledge and
to make valuable connections. Showing the way to available funding and how to obtain it is also part of that.”
Are you looking for support for your startup, scale-up or SME? Then ROM InWest is the right place for you. The condition for our help is that your service or product not only yields financial, but also social return and that you as an entrepreneur look beyond today, tomorrow and the generations after us.
In concrete terms, ROM InWest can help you as an entrepreneur in two ways:
Regardless of gender, all our colleagues are eager to build on your success.
We are here for innovative entrepreneurs but this page is especially for female entrepreneurs who dream of growth and innovation. Whether you have a startup or run an established company, we are happy to help you. Whether you work on sustainable energy, food transition, circular economy or digitalization: we like to invest in women who are entrepreneurs with guts. In you. Examples are:
Female entrepreneurship is an integral part of our diversity policy at ROM InWest.
This is reflected in:
Equal opportunities in the workplace – a balanced distribution of men and women
within our own team. Because without Janet, Yvette, Sara, Dorien, Fleur, Birgitta, Carina,
Daphne, Francoise, Isabel, Lotte, Marieke, Charlotte, Zuhal, Sophie and Tineke would ROM
InWest simply does not exist.
Active search for female entrepreneurs – we invest specifically in companies with
female founders or leaders.
28% of our investments go to companies with female founders or co-founders.
We are ready for powerful female entrepreneurs who want to make an impact.
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