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Women in Start-Up

The Start-Up industry in India is booming at a fast pace and in the last few decades has witnessed a huge growth in technology and innovation. WiT Ace created Women in Start-Up community for the women who have an entrepreneurial spirit in them and are associated with the Start-Up industry. The community will provide opportunities for women to engage and interact with founders and leaders of the Start-Up industry. It will provide ample opportunities to connect for investment opportunities and get tested advice from the women leaders. It will provide all the resources, information and guidance a woman might need to start her own firm. For the women, who wish to enter into the start-up industry and build their skills, the community will provide a platform to provide the employment opportunities.
(This is an all women community)

Current Trends in Women in Start-Up

Upcoming Start-Up Trends of 2020
2020 has Just started and it looks like there will be some exciting times for the startup world. Although 2019 showed great promising IPOs and startup stories, it also had Read More
10 Biggest Challenges Start-Up Founders Face
One of the top 3 reasons why startups fail, is hiring the wrong people. The people you choose to work with can either make or break your business. As a result, having “the right” Read More

Did You Know

Women make up 40% of the world’s workforce, according to the World Bank. Yet, the technology field is notoriously male-dominated at all levels – Considerably worse than in non-technology industries
– As reported by Payscale
Only 21% of executives in tech are women – This despite evidence that more women lead to greater innovation and enhanced profitability
The two biggest barriers women say they face in the technology workplace are lack of mentors (48%) and lack of female role models (42%) ,gender bias at workplace, unequal growth opportunities and unequal pay for same skills
93% girls surveyed in India between 12 to 14-years consider Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related careers early on. However, 38% Indian teenage girls believe that they are ‘less likely’ to take up STEM because the industry is ‘male-dominated’ and many others drop out before reaching leadership levels
In the 2016–17, colleges approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) enrolled 717,506 undergraduate students – 33.7% were female. Women represented 28.1% of participants in Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Technology degree (Research 2018; India Under Graduate Education, data as per MHRD 2016-2017)
Indian technology industry has 26% women in engineering roles
Nearly 50% women engineers quit technology
Only 7% women reach the C-Suite Source: Nasscom Report 2017
1.5 million IT engineers pass out each year in India through over 3400+ engineering colleges peppered across the country. Statistics place employable numbers from these graduates at a mere 7%.