Event
Women Start-ups: Breaking the Glass Ceiling
What distinguishes both female founders and male founders in the start-up scene is their high level of education. Both genders have mostly graduated from university before founding a company. They have business, technical and digital knowledge, and all-important success factors for innovation and growth.
But the start-up scene is still a gentlemen's club. Women are still in the minority and there is a gender bias when it comes to funding: female founders receive significantly less capital from business angels and venture capital funds. Why is it that women so rarely gain a foothold in the start-up scene? What challenges do female founders face and how can the situation be improved?
Together with female entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from Germany and India, we want to discuss how the hurdles can be overcome and the potentials of women can be promoted to strengthen the diversity in the start-up scene.
Cooperation partners:
- OAV - German-Asia Pacific Business Association
- GINSEP - German Indian Startup Exchange Program
Program:
Welcome Remarks
- John H. Ruolngul, Consul General of India
Greeting
- Svenja Hahn MEP, Member of the European Parliament
Greeting
- Bettina Jantzen, Program Officer Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Discussion with women entrepreneurs from Germany and India
- Julian Zix / Moderation, Project Manager GINSEP
Closing remarks
- Frank Hoffmann, Project Consultant Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom South Asia
Speakers
- Shikha Shah, Founder / CEO, ALTMAT - Winner of the "Women Transforming India Awards" by UN & Government of India, Ahmedabad / India
- Sowmya Thyagarajan Co-Founder / CEO Foviatech GmbH - Investor - President WICCI - Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hamburg / Germany
- Elly Oldenbourg Manager DEI, Sidepreneur, Founding Member encourageventures e.V. Hamburg / Germany