Google to Support 20 Startups Founded by Indian Women

By: WE Staff | Tuesday, 4 October 2022

Google unveiled the first cohort of the "Google for Firms Accelerator-India Women Founders," consisting of 20 women-founded or co-founded startups that were chosen from around 400 submissions.

The tech giant will focus particularly on issues such as mentorship, recruiting difficulties, access to networks, and finance that can be difficult for female founders for a number of social reasons including poor representation.

The programme will also feature workshops and support for topics like as AI/ML, Cloud, UX, Android, Web, product strategy, and growth, according to the business. It will also give access to a global community of female founders.

Aspire for Her, Brown Living, CoLLearn Education, Commudle, Dubverse, Elda Health, Fitbots, and other firms were among those chosen.

"This programme is part of a larger effort by Google towards improving the representation of women across different sections of India's digitally-trained workforce - be it entrepreneurship, professionals looking to upskill or young graduates seeking a head start on their career," said Google.

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Google for Startups, originally Google for Entrepreneurs, is a startup initiative that the company introduced in 2011. It offers practical training for potential entrepreneurs through its network of more than 50 co-working locations and accelerators spread across 125 nations.

It collaborates with regional startup ecosystems as well as a network of co-working spaces for tech startup entrepreneurs known as Google Campus. It provides local tech community members with tools and training in addition to access to Google's equipment. According to Google, its campuses' startups have raised more than $250 million and added more than 4600 new jobs.