New Delhi : Women in Cloud, the global network of women techies across 100 countries, today announced the launch of #FoundHerWorld initiative in India that is designed to convert visibility into real economic participation for women founders building in the AI-powered economy.
#FoundHerWorld is part of Women In Cloud’s broader mission to unlock $1 billion in economic access for women and allies by 2030. Industry data suggests that women founders struggle to get only a fraction of venture capital deployed annually. Despite generating $3.76 for every $1 invested globally, women entrepreneurs struggle to get access to only about 1% of an $11 trillion procurement market. #FoundHerWorld is designed to bring parity for women founders in this environment.
#FoundHerWorld is also a first-of-its-kind global movement, and its launch in India is aligned with the country emerging as one of the world’s most dynamic AI startup ecosystems. The launch of the initiative in India comes at a critical inflection point for the country’s women-led venture landscape. In this backdrop, the #FoundHerWorld initiative offers women founders a structured intervention.
Commenting on the launch of this initiative in India, Chaitra Vedullapalli, President & Co-founder, Women in Cloud, said, “We are extremely delighted to announce the launch of #FoundHerWorld at a time when India’s start-up ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace. This comes at a critical point when we are adopting to the AI way of life and the future will belong to those who will have seamless access to AI. #FoundHerWorld is our endeavour to ensure that women founders grab opportunities of real economic participation. This will be done by activating communities, capital, and partnerships at scale. India represents one of the most important frontiers for this mission.”
#FoundHerWorld would work towards removing three barriers for Indian women founders. Firstly, it would help solve the Invisible Map Problem, wherein founders are often found building without discovery pathways. Secondly, the Locked Room of Capital, where funding ecosystems remain relationship-driven and opaque, limiting access to founders already inside established networks. India’s angel and VC ecosystem is no exception. Lastly, the AI Adoption Gap. AI is reshaping very aspect of our lives from BFSI to healthcare and women founders, who don’t have clear actionable guidance might miss out on the next wave of technology-led value creation.
The #FoundHerWorld campiagn is powered by a coalition of global partner communities, including Founders Live, Stella Foundation, The Pitch Hub, She Angel Investors, AnitaB.org
India, and Vanguard Development Collective, with more joining as the movement scales. With existing partnerships with hyperscalers, companies, and funds to support the campaign at a strategic level, Women in Cloud is creating structured pathways that connect engaged founders with investors, communities, and customers actively building and deploying innovation
Women founders, who join this movement, would get guidance through a four-stage pathway:
● She Gets Seen: This will place Indian founders in front of international and domestic decision-makers. This will include a global spotlight profile, gateway offer, and badge distributed across partner and customer ecosystems
● She Gets Access: Participants would be invited to the Market Maker and Venture Summit events and access to the #empowHERaccess Global Prestige Awards.
● She Gets Her Roadmap: This is a personalised AI Readiness Report, OPULIS GTM Handbook, expert-led Masterclasses, and an AI Innovator Network with India-specific opportunity mapping across key sectors.
● She Gets the Deal: This will see participants getting introduced to investors, structured go-to-market pathways, access to hyperscaler partnerships (including Microsoft, AWS, and Google), and curated customer demand channels.
Women founders can log into womenincloud.com/founder-focused-initiatives/ for participation. Women in Cloud has already grown to become a global network comprising over 150,000 members across 100 countries. It continues to drive initiatives across cloud workforce development, AI innovation, policy advocacy, and entrepreneurship, all aligned with ESG and UN Sustainable Development Goals.