The 20 firms that have been chosen for Google India’s accelerator programme for women-led entrepreneurs have been named. The initiative was first announced in June.
Out of nearly 400 submissions, these startups were chosen.
The programme has been specifically created for female founders, with a focus on networking opportunities, capital access, recruiting issues, mentorship, and other areas that have historically been challenging for women to access owing to cultural biases and a lack of representation.
The program’s curriculum will also feature workshops on topics including AI/ML, cloud computing, user experience, Android, web development, and product strategy and growth.
Aspire for Her, a firm that wants to add one million people to the labour force by 2025 through the strength of communities and networks, and Brown Living, a startup that wants to make leading a sustainable life easier.
In order to enable people to pursue occupations centred on their passions, CoLLearn Education uses celebrity instructors, while Commudle is developing a community platform to scale developer programmes.
FitBots helps leaders create and align their OKRs with their employees, Elda Health is a full stack women’s healthcare platform, and Dubverse uses AI to develop video-dubbing technologies in more than 30 languages.
FreeStand is a B2B marketplace for FMCG product sampling; Jumping Minds is an online community designed to reduce stress; and LXME is India’s first neobank specifically targeted at women, to enable them to make independent financial decisions in support of their objectives.
In order to improve product information online, Mishry is creating an ecosystem focused on reviews. MeMeraki helps rural craftsmen in the nation become digital innovators. OPOD Audio is a vernacular audio app that gives contextual information on trending news and current affairs in just 30 seconds.