Tagged: women entrepreneurs

June 30, 2023 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capchase, the provider of financing solutions for Software-as-a-Service companies, announced a milestone for its 2021 initiative to provide non-dilutive capital to women- and minority-led startups. Over the last two years, the company has “deployed more than $100 million in funding to these underserved groups using… Read More

June 18, 2023 @ 6:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) announced that it has committed more than $500 million in equity investments “to minority- and women-led funds, more than doubling its initial $200 million commitment.” The bank has “committed equity to more than 150 funds, which to date have invested… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 8:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The DFINITY Foundation, the not-for-profit developing the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) — the “world’s first” web-speed, internet-scale public blockchain – has announced up to $100K in grants “for female developers and entrepreneurs.” The grants aim at encouraging women “to build on the ICP ecosystem providing… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 8:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), which claims to be the leader in virtual payments, recently announced the launch of its global She’s Next initiative in the United Arab Emirates in order to economically empower women entrepreneurs. The initiative has been introduced with assistance from First Abu Dhabi… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 12:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Meta (NASDAQ:FB) has launched a partnership with NatWest, the United Kingdom’s largest business bank, in order to provide financial readiness training and other support “to female business owners.” This is available to all women entrepreneurs as part of Meta‘s #SheMeansBusiness program, which “provides digital skills… Read More

May 4, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indonesian peer to peer lender Amartha has acquired $28 million (appr. IDR 405 billion) in capital from Women’s World Banking Capital Partners II (WWB) and MDI Ventures. Amartha‘s round also received contributions from existing investors Mandiri Capital Indonesia and UOB Venture Management. WWB Capital Partners… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astia has introduced a $100 million early-stage venture fund in order to address gender disparities in the funding space.  The Astia Fund is supported by a major investment from payments giant Mastercard. Astia is an organization that’s focused on “redefining” or transforming the current venture… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) recently announced the participants of its “100 for 100” Black Women Entrepreneur program. According to American Express, the program will provide each participant with $25,000 and 100 days of business resources, including business education, mentorship, marketing, virtual networking, WorkSpaces by Hilton… Read More

July 29, 2020 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SATYA MicroCapital Ltd, a fast-growing micro-lending firm based in India, has reportedly secured INR 72.5 Crore (appr. $9.7 million) in capital from Switzerland’s impact investor, BlueOrchard Finance Ltd. This marks the second time that BlueOrchard has provided funding to SATYA since its launch in 2017…. Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sindhuja Microcredit, a digital and rural-focused micro finance service provider that aims to help women entrepreneurs, is planning to secure $8.7 million in capital through a Series B investment round. The investment will be reportedly be made by Norway’s Nordic Microfinance Initiative (NMI) and Carpediem… Read More

March 10, 2020 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India-based Fintech industry participant U GRO Capital aims to assist women business owners by offering them convenient access to working capital. U GRO Capital is an online lending platform that focuses on small and medium-sized (SME) businesses. The firm has introduced an unsecured lending product,… Read More

March 6, 2019 @ 4:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visa announced on Wednesday it is now seeking all women entrepreneurs for its first Visa Everywhere Initiative: Women’s Global Edition. The credit card giant revealed the global program invites women entrepreneurs from around the world to tackle FinTech and Social Impact challenges for a chance… Read More

July 19, 2018 @ 10:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Money20/20 announced the upcoming launch of Rise Up, a program that was created in an effort to foster gender inclusivity within both the financial services and fintech industries. According to Money20/20, Rise Up is also designed to empower the next generation of female… Read More

November 23, 2016 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ldny, a social enterprise that aims to use the power of fashion to address social issues, announced on Wednesday it was launching a “Dress to Invest” work wear collection that is dedicated to supporting female entrepreneurs on equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs. The new collection made its… Read More

May 3, 2016 @ 12:57 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Rebel Girls, try, fail, try again!  In a new Kickstarter project for the children’s book Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, 100 Stories about courageous, unconventional women who changed and are changing the world in “every field imaginable”– many of whom were also mothers (US reader… Read More