GLIA Impact Hub · Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Moldova
GLIA Impact Hub and Doina Vin: Scale-Up Moldova
GLIA Impact Hub is the first hub in Moldova built for women-led business and innovation, opened in 2024 on the ASEM campus in Chișinău and run by the Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Moldova (AFAM). Doina Vin was selected for the first edition of Scale-Up Moldova, run by GLIA with UMAEF's support, and pitched its business to investors on 12 March 2026.
Facts checked on 28 October 2026; the sources are at the end of the page.
What GLIA does and the winery's part
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Investment readiness · first edition
Scale-Up Moldova
A 15-week programme for profitable companies with revenue of at least one million dollars that want to attract investment; run by GLIA Impact Hub with AFAM and supported by UMAEF. It ends with the companies pitching to investors.
Doina Vin: selected for the first edition on 30 October 2025; from November 2025 to January 2026 it followed the sessions on investment funds, financial indicators, due diligence and valuation, and on 12 March 2026 pitched to investors at the Investment Showcase.
moldovascaleup.md (the programme's site, in Romanian) (external site, opens in a new tab)UMAEF, the programme's funder
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Community · the ASEM campus
The GLIA Impact Hub centre
GLIA brings women-led startups, mentors and investors together in one place, with programmes such as the pre-accelerator and Technovation Girls, an event hall and training rooms on the ASEM campus.
The winery in Răzeni in photos
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An old building in the winery's courtyard -
The garden in the winery's courtyard
Questions and answers
- What is GLIA Impact Hub?
- The first hub in Moldova built for women-led business and innovation, opened in 2024 on the ASEM campus in Chișinău and run by the Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Moldova (AFAM). It hosts programmes such as Scale-Up Moldova, the pre-accelerator and Technovation Girls.
- What is Scale-Up Moldova?
- Moldova's first investment-readiness programme for established SMEs seeking growth capital: 15 weeks of sessions and mentoring, ending with the companies pitching to investors. GLIA Impact Hub runs it with AFAM, supported by UMAEF.
- Is Doina Vin a GLIA member?
- No: the winery took part in the first edition of the Scale-Up Moldova programme (October 2025 – March 2026). AFAM, which runs GLIA, has women entrepreneurs as members, not companies.
Sources
- GLIA Impact Hub, “About” (external site, opens in a new tab)
- Scale-Up Moldova, the programme's site, with the first edition's participants (in Romanian) (external site, opens in a new tab)
- UMAEF, 12 March 2026: “Scale-Up Moldova Program Prepares High-Growth Companies to Attract Investment” (external site, opens in a new tab)
- Winery documents: selection confirmation (30.10.2025), session invitations (November 2025 – January 2026), Investment Showcase agenda (12.03.2026)
Read next
FunderUMAEF and Doina Vin: GROW Moldova and Scale-Up MoldovaUMAEF, the fund behind Scale-Up Moldova and GROW Moldova.
PartnerANTRIM and Doina Vin: the GROW Moldova projectANTRIM and the winery's GROW Moldova project.
InvestorsInvestorsThe winery's page for investors.
The wineryWineryThe winery in Răzeni, the 1875 cellar and the Codru hills.