Nine women have been selected for the second cohort of the Shell Foundation-backed, three-month Powered Accelerator programme in India. Launched last year, the scheme aims to support ventures led by women whose products and services focus on core issues, including access to energy, smart energy, waste to value and sustainable mobility. As well as offering mentoring and meetings with industry experts, selected companies from the cohort will receive equity-free seed funding of up to $10,000. The programme, which is being run through a partnership between Shell, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Tata Consultancy Services, has already attracted more than 100 female entrepreneurs who are working at some of India’s The fund is also backed by the UK and Indian governments, and Zone Startups India.
Nine women have been selected for the second cohort of the Shell Foundation-backed, three-month Powered Accelerator programme in India. Launched last year, the scheme aims to support ventures led by women whose products and services focus on core issues, including access to energy, smart energy, waste to value and sustainable mobility. As well as offering mentoring and meetings with industry experts, selected companies from the cohort will receive equity-free seed funding of up to $10,000. The programme offers the women a year's support. The fund is also backed by the UK and Indian governments, and Zone Startups India.