At the heart of the bustling tech world, She Loves Tech is leading a quiet yet powerful revolution that has been brewing over the past nine years. It's a movement that aims to assist women entrepreneurs navigate the intricate terrain of tech startups and alleviate the prevailing funding gap that frequently impedes the advancement of women-led ventures.
From its modest beginnings as a passion project, She Loves Tech has expanded into a global force that reaches over 70 countries, supporting over 13,000 startups and garnering USD$300 million (S$406 million) in funding for them. "Looking back, just seeing how much we've grown, I feel like a proud mama bear, for both the startups and the team," explains co-founder Leanne Robers, 39, who started the accelerator and launchpad for women entrepreneurs in 2015 with Rhea See and Virginia Tan.
As She Loves Tech progresses, it's not merely scaling up: It's reshaping its purpose without losing sight of its fundamental objective. The development of a comprehensive digital platform, She Loves Tech Digital Platform, slated for launch this October, will redefine perceptions of She Loves Tech, reckons Robers. "Given the sheer amount of data we've amassed from women entrepreneurs worldwide, we're organically emerging as a data company as well as a tech entity ourselves."
This story is from the September 2023 edition of The PEAK Singapore.
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