Impact
Track record you can verify.
Applications, shortlists, trained founders, and community outcomes since 2019.
Verified programme figures
Cumulative figures across all cohorts since 2019.
What the numbers mean
264+ applications and 220+ shortlisted candidates reflect steady, organic demand rather than a one-off marketing push — founders apply because previous participants told them to. Together, the 100+ and 212 participant figures below represent founders who completed the full screening-to-mentoring cycle through PINE’s EcoBiz & Tech programme, not just a single workshop.
The founder development pathway
Screening
Applications are reviewed against programme eligibility and readiness criteria.
Training
Shortlisted founders join structured EcoBiz & Tech curriculum modules.
Mentoring
Ongoing 1:1 mentoring pairs founders with experienced practitioners.
Pitch Days
Cohorts present their ventures to a panel of partners and investors.
Funding Facilitation
PINE Global facilitates introductions to funding and investment pathways.
Programme outcomes
- Applications received264
- Candidates shortlisted220
- Boss Women trained100
- WEET participants212
Current cohort snapshot
Current cohort
8th Cohort of EcoBiz & Tech
August–October 2026
In their words
The mentoring pushed me to treat my business like a business, not a side project. I pitched with real numbers for the first time.
Fakiha FatimaPINE Alumna WEET gave me a structure I didn't have — from costing my product properly to actually forecasting cash flow.
Ghinaa KhanPINE Participant Having a mentor who'd actually built something made the difference. I stopped guessing and started testing.
Hina SohailPINE Alumna The pitch day was the first time investors asked me hard questions — and I was ready for them.
Houda El GhabaliPINE Participant PINE Global connected me to a mentor network I wouldn't have found on my own, and that's still paying off.
Sana KardarPINE Alumna The screening-to-funding path is real. I went in with an idea on paper and came out with a plan investors took seriously.
Shomaila RoohiPINE Participant
Case study
Fakiha Fatima
Fakiha joined Boss Women with an early-stage product idea and no formal business plan. Through the programme's costing and mentoring modules, she rebuilt her pricing model, validated demand with a small paying customer base, and used her pitch day session to secure a follow-on mentoring relationship with an investor-side mentor.
Now operating with a validated pricing model and an active mentor relationship post-cohort.
Reporting and transparency
Figures on this page are drawn from PINE Global’s own programme records — applications received, cohort completions, and participant counts — and are updated as each cohort closes. We do not publish projected or estimated figures alongside verified ones; where a data point isn’t yet available, it is left off this page rather than approximated.