TU Dublin Celebrates Record Support for Female Entrepreneurs
17th October 2024
Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) proudly announces a historic milestone in 2024. This year, TU Dublin has supported the highest number of female entrepreneurs in its history, with 53% of all businesses backed through Enterprise Ireland’s New Frontiers programme being female-led. This achievement is particularly notable against the national average of 39% female-led businesses.
Claire Mac Namee, Head of Enterprise Engagement at TU Dublin, expressed the university’s pride in this significant accomplishment. “We are incredibly proud of this achievement, highlighting our unwavering commitment to fostering female entrepreneurship.
This success is a testament to the dedication and innovation of our female entrepreneurs and the supportive environment we cultivate at TU Dublin.”
Claire also emphasised the university’s broader commitment to advancing opportunities for women through initiatives like TrailblazHER™. “At TU Dublin, we are dedicated to not only supporting women in entrepreneurship but also empowering them across a broad range of fields through our TrailblazHER™ initiative. We believe gender inequality permeates every aspect of our society. Through TrailblazHER, TU Dublin is designing what a better way can look like. This new concept combines the efforts of the industry, with the higher education sector, second-level schools, and other stakeholders working together to find solutions to the challenges we all face in addressing the underrepresentation of females in multiple sectors of industry and society.
Pictured: Founders participating in one of the New Frontiers Programmes at the Blanchardstown Campus of TU Dublin, pictured with Paula Carroll, National Programme Manager, Enterprise Ireland and Claire Mac Namee, Head of Enterprise Engagement, TU Dublin and Sarah Dunleavy, New Frontiers Programme Manager, TU Dublin.
