Deadline Date: June 02, 2026
The Female Founders Investment Readiness – Capability Program is seeking applications to support innovative women-led startups to gain the skills and resources to be investment ready.
The program focuses on enhancing investment readiness, increasing the chances of successful funding rounds, fostering a supportive community of women entrepreneurs, strengthening business growth potential, and providing founders with practical tools and knowledge to successfully navigate an investment raise process.
The initiative is designed for women-led businesses seeking to improve their preparedness for raising investment capital. Through the program, selected participants will gain access to the TORUS Rally Community Program along with a cap raise roadmap, raising toolkits, investor list, expert webinars, and a raise preparation graduation process.
Participants will also receive weekly group raise preparation coaching calls, weekly investor CRM coaching sessions, guided cap raise and marketing roadmaps, pitch deck reviews, investor and advisor matching opportunities, and partner introductions. The funding amount has not been specified in the program details. Instead of direct funding, selected participants will receive access to investment readiness support, mentoring, coaching, and networking opportunities through the TORUS Rally Program.
To be eligible, organisations must be headquartered and operating in Queensland and hold an active ABN registered in Queensland. Businesses must be majority female owned, with at least 51% of shares held by one or more women. Eligible organisations must have no more than 50 full-time-equivalent employees and must not be a subsidiary of a larger group of companies exceeding the same employee threshold. Applicants must also meet the required stage of product or service development criteria.
For more information, visit Queensland Government.
