On Power Turks this Monday, delighted to share the four leaders who are leading India's transformational story on women enterprise.
I have always admired people who take risks, take chances and take charge. I believe these individuals are changing a mindset and spawning a new generation of passionate entrepreneurs by believing in future women leaders. On Power Turks this Monday, delighted to share the four leaders who are leading India's transformational story on women enterprise.
Vani Kola of Kalaari Capital – Her absolute passion for entrepreneurship is admirable. An original Silicon Valley entrepreneur, she returned to India to invest in companies of the future. As an early stage venture capitalist, she invested in Snapdeal, Myntra. Her eye for scalable businesses is inherent and comes from Kola's own start-ups that she built and sold in the United States. Kola's belief in women entrepreneurs is enriched through her investments. Almost 10% of Kalaari's companies have female founders such as platforms like POPxo, Zivame, CashKaro.com and others. Inspired by two young women - her daughters - Kola promises to be a leader to watch out for in the transforming avatar of India Inc.
Google's Rajan Anandan has been a champion for new, innovative and scalable ideas driven by women entrepreneurs. His investment portfolio includes female founders of CultureAlley, SocialCops, Sheroes, POPxo and several others. He believes "women build great companies." Anandan is spearheading the initiative to get more women online in semi-urban and rural India. As a true believer in empowering women to lead businesses, Anandan will remain one of the most followed thought leaders of India's new economy.
Ankita Vashistha is actively investing in women through India's first fund dedicated to female talent – Saha Fund. She is financing companies that create services and products focusing on women and children or built by women founders. Women are a big backbone of the start-up story in India, driven by business acumen and ambition. What they need is a bridge to scale up through funding. The securities and exhange board of India-approved fund of Rs 100 crore has investment from Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai and former Accenture India chairman Avinash Vashistha.
Mohandas Pai, presently the chairman of Manipal Global Education, has been at the forefront of promoting women business owners. Not just through funds like Aarin Capital and Saha Fund that he is associated with, but even in personally mentoring, advising and investing in them. Reports have shown a funding gap between male and female entrepreneurs, which is a huge factor hindering women from starting their own ventures and becoming leaders. Pai has invested in many start-ups with female founders and believes the internet has been a most liberating phenomenon for women, putting the world at their finger tips and unleashing opportunities to start-up.
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