Google opens startup accelerator for Indian women founders

As part of the Google for India campaign, the search engine giant for the last several years has been hosting mentorship programmes for budding entrepreneurs and startup founders in the country.

Now, Google has announced to startup accelerator for Indian women founders. In a recent study, it was found that just 15 per cent of the 100 plus unicorns in India have one or more female leaders.

“In the course of conversations we had with several women founders, we realized that several aspects of the life of an entrepreneur – such as pitching, tapping networks, seeking out mentors – are significantly tougher for women as compared to their male counterparts, for reasons of cultural conditioning as well as lack of role models.