5 Women Founders Selected for the 2022 Edition of Accenture’s Women Founders Program
Accenture has selected five women founders in India for the 2022 edition of the Women Founders Program. Launched in early February this year and anchored by Accenture Open Innovation, it aims to help address the diversity gap by providing funding to women-founded deep tech and enterprise SaaS startups.
The program saw applications from over 100 early-stage, women-led technology startups across the country which were evaluated based on their product differentiation, disrupt-ability quotient, leveraging of deep technologies, commercial viability and founder profile.
The cohort includes Kausambi Manjita (Co-Founder & CEO, Mason), Chandralika Hazarika (Co-Founder & Managing Director, Bigthinx), Ketaki Ogale (Co-Founder, BHyve) Nida Sahar Rafee (Founder & CEO, Nife) and Sharmila Saha (Co-Founder & Head of Engineering, Doppelio).
The identified women founders will benefit from the equity-free grant of USD 60,000. The program will not only connect them to Accenture leaders, experts and ecosystem partners but also offer access to tech expertise, global and Indian clientele, mentorship, industry and investor communities and new markets.
