The program is for Queensland-based female startup founders in the early stages of building a scalable business.

No prior experience is needed, and it’s absolutely fine if you’re still at the stage of exploring a startup idea, or if you’ve made a start and are looking for help to grow.

By startup, we mean an emerging or recently-formed company that is bringing an innovative product or service to market, and that has the potential to grow.

Your product doesn’t have to be online or software-based. It can be a physical product or a service, as long as you’re doing something genuinely innovative.

If you’re working on a traditional small business, offering consulting or similar services, or a not-for-profit or a social enterprise, this isn’t the program for you.

Eligibility is determined by the Queensland Government’s Accelerating Female Founders Program:

• A Queensland female founder is a Queensland resident, female-identifying person acting as a sole founder, a co-founder, or in a leadership position (CEO, Director, Executive) within an innovative business or the innovation ecosystem.

• An innovative business is one where the business is genuinely focused on developing one or more new or significantly improved innovative product/service(s) for commercialisation.

More info: https://advance.qld.gov.au/entrepreneurs-and-startups/backing-female-founders-program

There’s a simple online application form for each part of the program, linked above. Applications for free mentoring and Founders Course places are processed automatically. Applications for the Investment-Readiness Coaching are assessed on a rolling basis. Applications for the Pre-Accelerator have now closed.

Applications for the Pre-Accelerator have now closed.

All other programs are accepting applications on a rolling basis.

Thanks to support from the Queensland Government’s Accelerating Female Founders Program, we are able to offer free and heavily subsidised places in the following programs:

Founder mentoring sessions:

FREE (1 session per startup until all places are allocated)

(Value: $330 each)

Founders Course:

$110 incl GST for Regional founders

$165 incl GST for Brisbane founders

(Value: $495 per place)

Pre-Accelerator:

$275 incl GST for Regional founders

$550 incl GST for Brisbane founders

(Value: $2,000 per startup)

Investment-Readiness Coaching:

$330 incl GST for four x 1-hour sessions

(Value: $1,200 per startup)

We are also offering a small number of full scholarships to these programs. If you are experiencing financial hardship and would like to be considered for a full scholarship, please get in touch (hello@startuponramp.com).

Exploratory mentoring sessions:

1 hour

Founders Course:

12 hours self-paced learning, spread over a 4-6 week period

Pre-Accelerator:

2-4 hours per week over an eight-week period

Investment-readiness Coaching:

4 hours

All parts of the program are available to female founders anywhere in Queensland.

Mentoring sessions, group discussions and masterclasses are held via Zoom to maximise access for participants located outside Brisbane.

You’re welcome to take part in any of our programs, but if you’re based outside Queensland you’ll need to cover your own registration fee.

Contact us (hello@startuponramp.com) with any questions.

No, as long as one of the co-founders or leaders in your team is female, the whole team is able to take part.

If you don’t qualify for a place in the Female Founders Program, you can still take part in any of our other programs - including founder coaching, our online Founders Course, the Pre-Accelerator and investment-readiness coaching.