Norway as Female Tech Founder Frontrunner
Plugging the entrepreneurship gap and access to capital in tech for women and non-binary founders.
A best-in-class international accelerator programme
Helping ambitious female and non-binary founders in Norway scale and expand their tech businesses internationally – fast.
What is the Norway as Female Tech Founder Frontrunner programme?
Tech Nordic Advocates’ international accelerator programme – proven across the Nordics – will give you the know-how, tools, connections and confidence you need to take your startup to the next level. As well as a successful international scaleup school, expert 1:1 coaching and hands-on support, you’ll also get access to a powerful global network of tech entrepreneurs, investors and partners.
30000
female and non-binary startup founders helped so far
40%
of programme participants have expanded internationally
4.8-5
star rating from our alumni
If you’re looking for a programme that will push you, challenge you and give you the tools to act, I cannot recommend this bootcamp enough!
Rebekka Stumpf
COO, Ventum Dynamics
Great training for scaling Culture Intelligence to a whole new level.p and support each other wherever we can.
Tone S. Ringstad
CEO, Culture Intelligence
The team of coaches, the hands-on support and the genuine feedback have been nothing short of game-changing … The insights gained, the practical strategies learned and the camaraderie forged have been invaluable.
Tone S. Ringstad
CEO, Culture Intelligence
Why do we need this programme?
Norway is bottom of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) average for female entrepreneurship for women between 18 and 64.
Only 0.7% of venture capital is invested in female-led startups.
We’re here to fix that
By giving female and non-binary founders the support, mentoring and connectionsthey need to grow and scale their tech businesses
How does it work?
We’re offering 30 female or non-binary founders or C-level leaders of tech companies with demonstrated scaleup and international expansion potential, based in Norway the unique opportunity to join this successful international accelerator programme. You’ll need to have:
Revenue or (at a minimum) moved beyond minimum viable product (MVP) stage and can point to projected revenue and revenue growth
Ambitions to scale and expand internationally
Value support to scale and expand internationally
The programme in detail
It all starts with a 2 x 2 day, i.e. four-day bootcamp over 2 weeks. If you’re successful at showing the Day 4 judges that you have scaleup and international expansion potential, you’ll move on to the five-month international accelerator.
On average, at least 85% of bootcamp participants go through to the international accelerator. At the 2024 Oslo programme, the judges sent everyone through.
Part 1: August 2025
The bootcamp
We’ve designed our bootcamp to “inspire, push and select” – help you to think bigger and move faster and help us choose participants for the programme at the right stage to ensure they benefit from the programme.
The bootcamp will run across Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim and Bergen, it’s two days a week over two weeks.
Part 2: Aug/Sept 2025 to January 2026
The International Accelerator
The five-month international accelerator is made up of four structured learning sprints, designed to help you grow your business with confidence.
The format of the four learning sprints includes:
interactive workshops, case studies and coaching
peer-to-peer support groups
demo days, pitch and networking events
collaboration with international embassies, partners and accelerators
trade missions to key markets like the UK, US and Canada
interactions with our global women-in-tech community
introductions to potential investors, clients and global industry leaders through the Global Tech Advocates’ network of 48 global tech hubs and 30,000 tech leaders
At the end of the accelerator, you will submit a scaleup and international expansion plan for your business. The international accelerator programme will give you the content you need for that.
How much does it cost?
Thanks to our partners and Tech Nordic Advocates, you’ll only need to pay a small fee of 8,000 NOK.That’s to cover our admin costs.
If you complete the international accelerator, and submit a scaleup and international expansion plan at the end, we’ll give you 3,000 NOK back – so the whole programme will only cost you 5,000 NOK.
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A proven pathway to success
Learn at our international scaleup school
All the know-how, connections and support you need to scale up and expand internationally.
Get insights from entrepreneurs in residence
Tap into the experience of successful tech entrepreneurs and experts in Denmark, and beyond. Get the advice you need, when you need it, from people who’ve been there.
Join a grassroots tech community
Connect with 30,000 tech leaders across 48 global tech hubs as part of Global Tech Advocates – the world’s only global tech community.
Take part in trade missions
Explore new markets and build international partnerships on trade missions to the Nordics, UK and US with our global tech community.
Get expert pitch training
Become pitch perfect with training from top international specialists. Then showcase your skills at pitch events in Denmark and worldwide.
Connect with investors
Meet Danish and international investors who can help fund and fuel your growth.
Get exclusive advice
Personalised one-to-one guidance from business, legal, financial and tech experts.
Become part of northern Europe’s biggest women-in-tech network
Join a thriving community of founders, entrepreneurs, investors and leaders, all ready to support and connect with you.
Thank you to our partners
We couldn’t run this programme without the support of our fantastic partners.
