Chennai: <\/strong>Indian startups<\/a> with women founders<\/a> manage to get only 1.5% of the total funding, a senior Google<\/a> executive told ET.

Google<\/a> is, however, looking to plug this gap with the inaugural batch of Google for Startups Accelerator<\/a> - India Women Founders program<\/a>, said Aditya Swamy<\/a>, Director of Google Play Partnerships.

The three-month programme will accept up to 20 women-founded or co-founded startups in India.

Swamy said that the startup ecosystem was booming but there was a stark contrast in the amount of funding that startups led by women received.

“Out of all the funding that happens in India, only 6% of funding goes to companies that have women as a founder or co-founder,\" he said. \"And if we slice that further and think about companies where only women are founders - where they have no male founder - that number is close to 1.5%.”

India is the world’s third largest startup capital, trailing only the United States and China.

“Today, from a GDP point of view, the digital economy is about 10% of India's GDP,\" Swamy said. “And as we think about the $1 trillion digital economy goal, the digital economy is going to be 25% of the GDP. So, India's economic growth is going to be powered by digital businesses, and startups will form a big part of that,” he added.

India boasts of over 100 unicorns, with 22 added to the list this year alone. They span verticals such as e-commerce, health-tech, fintech and many others. However, only 15% of these unicorns – or those with valuations of $1 billion or more - have one or more
women founders<\/a>.

Google's programme will focus on areas like access to networks, access to capital, hiring challenges, mentorship and others which, for social reasons and low representation, prove challenging for female founders.

“If we think about digital solutions, truly solving for society, today's society is 50% women,\" Swamy said. \"And I think if we have businesses that are founded by women, and product folks who are thinking about solving truly for all parts of society, then having a vibrant women startup ecosystem is a great way to think about how we can truly solve problems at scale.\"

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 in their careers.

In the early years of the startup accelerator programme, around 2016-17, of the total applicant pool there would be only about 8-10% who would be women founders, but that number has now risen to 34-36% in the last three cohorts that Google has organised, said Paul Ravindranath G, programme manager, developer relations and head of Google Accelerator at Google India.

This has been powered by some specific initiatives to discover women founders.

“We are a sector-agnostic programme, we accept startups applying across sectors,\" he said. \"However, because of the (Covid-19) pandemic, we do see a huge chunk falling across about six sectors - edtech, fintech, healthcare, media and entertainment, SaaS companies and gaming is also an area where we see a lot of new applicants.\"
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“印度只有1.5%的总资金去创业女性创业者的

然而,谷歌希望填补这个缺口的就职批谷歌创业加速器——印度女性创业者项目,Aditya哲人说,导演,谷歌和谷歌对于创业公司来说。

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钦奈: 印度公司女性创业者弄到只有1.5%的总资金,高级谷歌执行官告诉等。

谷歌然而,试图填补这个缺口的就职批谷歌吗创业加速器——印度女性创业者项目说,Aditya偶像主任谷歌玩的伙伴关系。

三个月的计划将接受20在印度女性或共同创业。

哲人说,创业生态系统蓬勃发展但有一个鲜明的对比在初创企业的资金由女性获得。

”在印度发生的所有资金,只有6%的资金去公司女性作为创始人或创始人之一,”他说。“如果我们切,进一步思考公司创始人——他们的只有女性没有男性的创始人——这一数字接近1.5%。”

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印度是世界上第三大的启动资金,仅次于美国和中国。

“今天,从国内生产总值(GDP)的角度来看,数字经济是印度的GDP的10%左右,”专家说。“当我们考虑1万亿美元的数字经济目标,数字经济是GDP的25%。因此,印度的经济增长是由数码企业,初创公司将形成一个大的一部分,”他补充道。

印度拥有超过100的独角兽,仅今年22添加到列表中。他们跨越垂直电子商务等健康技术员,fintech和许多其他人。然而,只有15%的这些独角兽——或者那些估值10亿美元或更多,有一个或多个女性创业者

谷歌计划将重点访问网络、获得资本,招聘挑战,指导和其他人,社会原因和低表示,女性创业者来说也是个挑战。

“如果我们考虑数码解决方案,真正为社会解决,当今社会女性50%,”专家说。”,我认为如果我们有企业创办的女性,和产品的人思考解决真正的社会的所有部分,然后有一个充满活力的女性创业生态系统是一个伟大的方式来思考如何才能真正解决问题。”

这个项目是一个更大的努力的一部分由谷歌对改善女性在不同部分的表示印度digitally-trained劳动力——企业家精神的专业人士寻求upskill或年轻毕业生寻求在他们的职业生涯。

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早期的创业加速器项目,2016 - 17左右,申请人总数的就只有8 - 10%将女性创业者,但这个数字已经上升到34 - 36%在过去的三个军团谷歌组织,保罗说Ravindranath G,项目经理,开发人员关系和谷歌谷歌加速器主管印度。

这是由一些具体的行动来发现女性创业者。

“我们是sector-agnostic计划,我们接受创业公司在各个领域的应用,”他说。“然而,因为(Covid-19)大流行,我们确实看到大量下降大约六部门——edtech fintech、医疗、媒体和娱乐,SaaS公司和游戏也是一个地方我们看到很多新申请人。”
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Chennai: <\/strong>Indian startups<\/a> with women founders<\/a> manage to get only 1.5% of the total funding, a senior Google<\/a> executive told ET.

Google<\/a> is, however, looking to plug this gap with the inaugural batch of Google for Startups Accelerator<\/a> - India Women Founders program<\/a>, said Aditya Swamy<\/a>, Director of Google Play Partnerships.

The three-month programme will accept up to 20 women-founded or co-founded startups in India.

Swamy said that the startup ecosystem was booming but there was a stark contrast in the amount of funding that startups led by women received.

“Out of all the funding that happens in India, only 6% of funding goes to companies that have women as a founder or co-founder,\" he said. \"And if we slice that further and think about companies where only women are founders - where they have no male founder - that number is close to 1.5%.”

India is the world’s third largest startup capital, trailing only the United States and China.

“Today, from a GDP point of view, the digital economy is about 10% of India's GDP,\" Swamy said. “And as we think about the $1 trillion digital economy goal, the digital economy is going to be 25% of the GDP. So, India's economic growth is going to be powered by digital businesses, and startups will form a big part of that,” he added.

India boasts of over 100 unicorns, with 22 added to the list this year alone. They span verticals such as e-commerce, health-tech, fintech and many others. However, only 15% of these unicorns – or those with valuations of $1 billion or more - have one or more
women founders<\/a>.

Google's programme will focus on areas like access to networks, access to capital, hiring challenges, mentorship and others which, for social reasons and low representation, prove challenging for female founders.

“If we think about digital solutions, truly solving for society, today's society is 50% women,\" Swamy said. \"And I think if we have businesses that are founded by women, and product folks who are thinking about solving truly for all parts of society, then having a vibrant women startup ecosystem is a great way to think about how we can truly solve problems at scale.\"

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 in their careers.

In the early years of the startup accelerator programme, around 2016-17, of the total applicant pool there would be only about 8-10% who would be women founders, but that number has now risen to 34-36% in the last three cohorts that Google has organised, said Paul Ravindranath G, programme manager, developer relations and head of Google Accelerator at Google India.

This has been powered by some specific initiatives to discover women founders.

“We are a sector-agnostic programme, we accept startups applying across sectors,\" he said. \"However, because of the (Covid-19) pandemic, we do see a huge chunk falling across about six sectors - edtech, fintech, healthcare, media and entertainment, SaaS companies and gaming is also an area where we see a lot of new applicants.\"
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