Accelerating the future of tech for women / womentech
Technologies across sectors and use cases that are creating positive impact for women and girls at scale.
The Womentech Opportunity
The commercial opportunity to build and invest in technologies for women, or "womentech", is massive. Learn more about womentech in sectors ranging from health to finance to the consumer internet.
Womentech Startup Mentorship
A free program open to entrepreneurs building womentech and seeking venture funding. We lend our VC lens through 1:1 deep dives on value proposition, business model, pitch and fundraising strategy.
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The Womentech Opportunity
Massive, untapped, high potential
The female economy
The global economy runs on decisions made by women. A recent global study by BCG reveals that women
Biggest underserved market
Women are the largest group of underserved customers across sectors:
Just in financial services alone, Oliver Wyman estimates that firms miss out on $700 billion of revenue per year by failing to cater to the structural differences that shape women's financial needs.
High growth potential
The combination of large, pressing customer need with increasing direct and indirect consumer power makes womentech a space whose time has come.
Venture capital is starting to take notice. Recent womentech deals:
Who We Are
Sustainable Development Goal 5, Target 5B: Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
Technology has been described as a “great leveller” and “powerful enabler”, especially for women. To fully realize this potential, we need to design and adapt technologies to meet the underserved needs of women and girls in every aspect of life - a category that we call "womentech".
Women Prosperity Lab is dedicated to the promotion of womentech. We approach this space with an investor's lens - we back the commercial potential of female focused technologies and help them to scale rapidly by attracting capital and resources.
Ananya Chandra, Founder and CEO
I've made innovation happen bottom up (co-founded healthtech startup Just Move), top down (built Government of India's technology commercialization program) and sideways (headed expansion for venture-backed women's social network, Sheroes).
Along the way, I've been fortunate to have been part of the journey of amazing startups using technology to make large scale impact. I've also worked closely with the "demand side" of innovation (Fortune 500s, government agencies, non profits, etc) to encourage open innovation that emphasizes outcomes.
Sushravya,
I've made innovation happen bottom up (co-founded healthtech startup Just Move), top down (built Government of India's technology commercialization program) and sideways (headed expansion for venture-backed women's social network, Sheroes).
Along the way, I've been fortunate to have been part of the journey of amazing startups using technology to make large scale impact. I've also worked closely with the "demand side" of innovation (Fortune 500s, government agencies, non profits, etc) to encourage open innovation that emphasizes outcomes.
Womentech Startup Mentorship Program
The mentorship program demystifies and prepares womentech entrepreneurs for the journey of raising capital.
The program is best suited for startups with
- Signals of product-market fit
- A value proposition positively impacting lives of women
- First-time founders
Value proposition
Business Model
Investor Deck
Fundraising Strategy
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