Put your brand behind Australia's female founders.
Every quarter, SPARK awards $15,000 in cash grants to two female-led businesses. As our Grant Partner, the whole campaign runs with your name on it - "Brought to you by [Your Brand]" - across every ad, email and post.
Cash in the hands of women who are building.
The SPARK Women in Business Grant is a quarterly program awarding a $10k and a $5k cash grant to two female-led businesses. No strings, no equity - just fuel for growth. In 2025, all-women founding teams received just 2% of Australian venture capital - down from 4% the year before. We're doing something about it, and our community shows up loudly every round.
Applications open
Month one - the campaign goes loud across paid ads, email, socials and the podcast. This is your brand's biggest visibility window.
Judging
Month two - applications are reviewed by the grant judge, who selects the two winning founders.
Grants awarded
Month three - two winners are announced, funded and celebrated across every SPARK channel, with your brand alongside.
We already know women are under-funded. It's time to put our money where our mouth is.
Your brand, front and centre.
For a full quarter.
"Brought to you by [Your Brand]" on all grant marketing
Your brand appears on every piece of grant marketing for the quarter - including our paid ad campaigns, which average 248,000+ impressions in a grant campaign month and peaked at 387,000+ last round. Plus your logo on the grant landing and application pages.
1 dedicated EDM
An email dedicated entirely to your brand, sent to 12,000+ engaged female founders and business owners.
3 dedicated blog articles
Three articles about your brand on the SPARK website - seen by 8,900+ monthly visitors and working for you in search long after the quarter ends.
3 dedicated social posts
Dedicated posts across Instagram (9,500+ followers) and LinkedIn (19,000+ combined followers across SPARK and founder Danielle Lewis).
1 dedicated podcast episode
Your brand's own episode of SPARK TV - a 300+ episode founder interview series distributed on YouTube, Spotify and Apple, with 10,000+ listens and counting.
Real impact you can point to
Your sponsorship directly funds two female-led businesses. Real founders, real stories your team and customers can get behind - not a logo on a lanyard.
Want a full year? Annual and multi-quarter partnerships are available - ask Danielle on the call.
Grant months are our biggest months.
When applications open, we put real ad spend behind the campaign - and the numbers jump 3–5× a regular month. As Grant Partner, that entire spike carries your name.
Exactly who you want to reach.
90.8% women · aged 25–54 · 84.3% Australia-based · business owners & female founders
Meet Danielle Lewis.
Danielle is the Founder & CEO of SPARK Business. A 4× business owner, she has raised over $3 million in capital, scaled a global team and exited a D2C company - and has dedicated this phase of her career to helping female, regional and underrepresented founders grow. She hosts SPARK TV, a founder interview series with 300+ episodes, and personally runs every grant round.
Ready to back women in business?
One quarter. One partner. Two funded founders - and your brand on every single piece of it. Grant quarters are booked on a first-come basis, so let's talk about the next round.
Book a call with DanielleAd metrics: SPARK Meta Ads performance reporting, July 2025 – June 2026. Audience figures current as at July 2026. VC funding data: Cut Through Venture & Folklore Ventures, The State of Australian Startup Funding 2025.