This year, the Women Entrepreneurs Network (WEN) at King's piloted a new funding initiative - the WEN Founders Radical Generosity Fund. An opportunity for those in the WEN community to apply for funding to accelerate the social or environmental impact of their venture.
The King's Entrepreneurship Institute (EI) created WEN as a way to support all King's students, staff and alumni who identify as women or non-binary and are comfortable being in a space reflecting on gendered experiences. One of the main aims of WEN is to address gender inequities in enterprise programming and the wider entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The WEN Founders Radical Generosity Fund was piloted in 2025 as an intersectional response to the systemic limitations of Venture Capital (VC) and traditional funding models. Applications were opened to an existing pool of active WEN community members and prioritised founders who are routinely and systemically excluded from these types of funding.
Applicants were selected based on those who were already delivering demonstrable social or environmental impact with their venture and who will use the funding to accelerate that impact in their chosen problem space.
The first winners of the WEN Founders Radical Generosity Fund are:
Alongside the £5,000 awarded in funding, recipients of the WEN Founders Radical Generosity Fund benefit from access to the Entrepreneurship Institute co-working space in Bush House, four support sessions a year with an EI Expert-in-Residence, and coaching sessions with Business Coach and EI's Head of Entrepreneurial Skills Rachel Stockey.
Recipients are asked to commit their support for future generations of King’s entrepreneurs by offering their experience to future and current members of the WEN community at events such as workshops or panels.
If you have a potential idea for a business, you can:
