SHEROES Partners With Women In Cloud To Advance Women Tech Founders

India’s cloud market is set to cross $ 7 billion by 2002, according to NASSCOM’s 'Cloud – Next Wave of Growth in India' report. Women In Cloud (WIC), a US-based initiative has been consistently working to support women founders building cloud businesses via its in-depth ecosystem of mentorship, community, networking and funding support. Several women founders from India have also been accepted into Women In Cloud’s six-month accelerator program for women-led tech businesses.

 Women-only social network SHEROES now joins hands with Women in Cloud to help support and build the pipeline of women tech entrepreneurs in India, and those building cloud-based enterprises, in particular.

 The partnership will also create access in a larger context via the following joint goals:

• Launch The Women in Cloud India Accelerator to boost economic access in the enterprise markets
• Host CloudInnovateHER x India Pitch Challenge to showcase enterprise-ready solutions led by women
• Inspire women to participate in Global AI Solution2030 design contest for designing solutions for India market
• Engage women to join #EmpowHERAccess campaigns to create awareness about women’s contribution to the economic prosperity in India & across the global.

Commenting on the parternship, Sairee Chahal, Founder-CEO of SHEROES, said, “SHEROES has built an entire digital ecosystem for women in India, helping them experience the internet in a safe, high-trust environment, become entrepreneurs, find work, access community support, counselling, express themselves, leverage our social commerce marketplace, and access over 300 partners via the SHEROES platform. Our network has unparalleled reach and depth with women users across India. SHEROES is also helping enhance women's social, economic and digital footprint, and part of this mission has always been to support more women building and owning the technology that runs the world. We're extremely excited to partner with Women In Cloud as part of their plan to expand their footprint in India, and co-curate initiatives that can further move the GDP and gender index here."”

Says Chaitra Vedullapalli, Co-founder and President, Women in Cloud, “What makes Women in Cloud powerful is our community. By sharing our stories, we inspire innovation. By banding together, we change laws. By leveraging our personal networks, we create new opportunities. It is through collective action that we will help women entrepreneurs access $1 billion in economic access by 2030. We are thrilled to join forces with SHEROES to reach our goal while also helping female tech entrepreneurs in India create economic opportunities.”

SHEROES also runs its own enterprise business Managed Remote Solutions (MARS), which it has invested in, for the last three years. As more businesses move to remote operations, relevance of cloud businesses is set to rise, and women entrepreneurs and leaders have the opportunity to be a significant part of this shift.