Cartier Women's Initiative — Regional Awards
Cartier · Impact prize
$100K$100,000 (1st), $60,000 (2nd), $30,000 (3rd) per region, plus coaching
An annual international program that gives grant funding and coaching to women-led businesses with strong social or environmental impact, across nine regional awards.
Key terms
- A woman must hold a main leadership role (CEO, COO, CTO, GM or MD) and own a share at least equal to each co-founder's
- Revenue in the last closed fiscal year must be between $50,000 and $5M
- 5 to 250 team members
- No more than $2M raised in equity or quasi-equity
- Nine regions, with the top three ranked as fellows in each
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- seed, series-a
- Max funding raised
- $2M
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Women-led and women-owned
- Strong social and/or environmental impact
- $50K–$5M revenue and 5–250 team members
How to apply
Apply online during the annual call. The 2027 edition closed 16 June 2026, with results by December 2026. Watch the site for the 2028 call.
- Benefit
- cash
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Annual call (2027 edition closed 2026-06-16; 2028 call expected ~Mar–Jun 2027)
- Status
- Paused — next round TBA
Verified 2026-10-23 · source