Change Makers Summit for women entrepreneurs

The premier trade association of Indian Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing industry said day-long event will take place on October 7 in Bengaluru. 

“From receiving less than 2 per cent applications from Women founders in the first year to having more than 10 per cent of the total applications in 2016, Nasscom 10,000 Startups programme has seen a great rise in the number of women taking up tech entrepreneurship,” the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) said in a statement. “Nasscom 10,000 Startups ‘Change Makers Summit’ will provide women lead startups access to knowledge sessions, funding options via SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) lending, access to the angel investor networks, and accelerator and incubation support,” it added. 

The IT representative body said the team has received a total of 280 applications so far and is in a process of evaluating them for the funding, government grants and acceleration opportunities. The maximum number of applications received is from the booming e-commerce sector followed by fintech, artificial intelligence and IoT (Internet of Things), the industry body added.