{"id":10569,"date":"2021-03-08T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10569"},"modified":"2021-03-08T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T13:37:44","slug":"helping-businesswomen-take-on-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/03\/08\/helping-businesswomen-take-on-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping businesswomen take on the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Morrison Government is supporting female entrepreneurs to build their businesses, take on global markets and create local jobs, with the opening of a new $11.6 million funding round under the Boosting Female Founders Initiative.<br \/>\nMinister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews said it was fitting that applications for round two of the in-demand initiative are opening on International Women\u2019s Day.<br \/>\n\u201cFemale entrepreneurs are underrepresented in our innovation and technology sectors, often because they face greater obstacles in getting early-stage finance,\u201d Minister Andrews said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe first round of the Boosting Female Founders Initiative saw more than 50 female-founded and led businesses share in nearly $12 million to scale up, create new jobs and take on new markets.<br \/>\n\u201cIn the second round, we are providing a further $11.6 million in funding, while also expanding the program to offer expert mentoring and advice for eligible candidates.<br \/>\n\u201cInternational Women\u2019s Day challenges us to take action for equality. Through the Boosting Female Founders Initiative, we\u2019re helping Aussie female entrepreneurs overcome barriers to success and launch their great ideas onto the world stage.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Boosting Female Founders Initiative provides grants of between $25,000 and $400,000 to Australian start-up businesses that are majority owned and led by women.<br \/>\nThe Initiative was announced as part of the 2018 Women\u2019s Economic Security Statement, and expanded under the 2020 Women\u2019s Economic Security Statement.<br \/>\nIn total, it will provide $52.2 million of competitive grant funding plus $1.8 million in mentoring services from 2020\u20132021 to 2024\u201325.<br \/>\nApplications for the current funding round will be open until 22 April 2021, and can be submitted at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/business.gov.au\/bff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">business.gov.au\/bff<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Morrison Government is supporting female entrepreneurs to build their businesses, take on global markets and create local jobs, with the opening of a new $11.6 million funding round under the Boosting Female Founders Initiative. Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews said it was fitting that applications for round two of the in-demand &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/03\/08\/helping-businesswomen-take-on-the-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Helping businesswomen take on the world&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}