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Why women entrepreneurs?

It is a fact that women entrepreneurs are not only underserved in today's economy but it is harder for them to raise money. If they participated on a level playing field on the global stage, the amount that would be added to the global GDP could run into trillions of dollars. Women-led companies are also known to focus on profit and impact on society and return 78 cents for every dollar of investment (vs 31 cents returns by male-run startups).

Level Up is our effort to do more for women entrepreneurs by providing opportunities to learn, network, and grow.

About Level Up

Level Up is a unique accelerator program for women-led tech & tech-enabled startups in India. In partnership with Google for Startups, 91Springboard has created this unique, nationwide virtual accelerator that combines key elements of business, tech, leadership & investment readiness to help women entrepreneurs in India take their startups to the next level.

This accelerator offers mentoring, masterclasses, connections, tools & opportunities for women entrepreneurs to refine their models, enhance their leadership skills & get investment ready in order to grow their businesses.

Snapshots of Level Up

500

Applications received

260

Founders Selected

105

Mentors Onboarded

55

Industry Sectors

40

Cities Covered Pan-India

2

Cohorts of women-led tech & tech-enabled startups

Program Elements

Mentoring

Experts will help refine business models and address challenges.

Masterclasses

Monthly masterclasses covering topics relevant to women, entrepreneurship and tech.

Peer Meetups

The opportunity to share experiences, learn and make business connections.

Investment Readiness

Mentoring, curriculum and resources to help select entrepreneurs refine their pitch deck & make investor connections.

Showcase Events

A select group will showcase their work to key stakeholders from Google for Startups, 91Springboard and other partners.

Highlights of Level Up Cohorts

Program Timeline

The Expert Panel

We took the best of the best and had them host our masterclasses. Meet the specialists we’ve had so far.

Amit Sabale

Dhruv Raj Gupta

Parth Sampat

Sahil Kochar

Priya Thachadi

Vidya Santhanam

Sana Sheikh

Samdish Chumber

Glimpses of the Cohorts

Founder Footprint

The purpose of Level Up is to provide the opportunities and resources to women entrepreneurs from every corner of India. Here’s a quick look at where our founders have come from.

Testimonials

Hear what the founders had to say about their experience at Level Up.

Priya Jalan

Founder, Binge English

I would like to express my gratitude to my incredible mentor Mr. Sanjeet Srivastava for being so kind and encouraging. It was an out and out enlightening mentoring session wherein I learnt a lot and felt much more confident and inclined towards my goal. Thanks a ton to the team Level Up for this empowering initiative.

Mentoring
Rashmi Sharma

Founder & CEO, Tomorrowsmith Foundation

I cannot even explain how grateful I am for this program. My mentor helped me recognise what was keeping me stuck. He patiently heard and understood my challenges and helped me think of solutions. In just over a month, I have been able to achieve what I couldn't in the last one year. This was possible only because of his non-judgemental and rational suggestions.

Mentoring
Jeyappriadhevi

Founder, Kodate Services

What Level Up offers is the insight into where you are as a startup and where you should go from there, how to prioritize and take it forward. They were a key differentiating factor in my entrepreneurial journey. The highlight for me was the mentoring support. The mentors and speakers for the workshops were industry heavyweights with a wealth of knowledge.

Mentoring
Shweta Thakare

Co-founder, GramHeet

I loved the OKRs masterclass & have also started implementing it by taking the masterclass exercises to the team. Moreover, the networking huddle was a window where I had the opportunity to build a network along with having a forward driven conversation with experts. The 1-on-1 mentoring sessions helped me improve my brand's pitch deck making me & GramHeet investment ready.

Masterclass
Ritika Garg

Co-founder, Uplifters

Level Up has given me a chance to meet a lot of women founders. I have learned a lot from their journey about what they have been through that has helped me to improve my entrepreneurial journey.

Networking
Meera V

Co-founder, Mayaakatah Hub

I got the network support, I was able to meet a lot of like-minded women founders in this community. Also, the mentor support was quite understanding and the way the masterclass & the program was structured made the entire journey wonderful.

Networking
Hemali Turakhia

Founder & CEO, Jyppzer Kids

Level Up has helped us tremendously because they have matched the right mentor for us who comes from the education industry himself. He helped us with very basic growth hacks that are very necessary for early stage businesses

Mentoring
Supriya Bhuwalka

Founder, Coding & More

I am looking for impact funding and I have actually got leads today that would help me reach out to the right people. I feel that this personal interaction & this feeling that you can collaborate was a great takeaway with the peer meetup

Peer Meetup

Who are we?
A little about us.

91Springboard is a coworking space that focuses on creating communities and giving members the tools and resources that they need to thrive. They currently have 25 hubs in 8 cities and host close to 18,000 successful members.

Google for Startups is a Google initiative that runs programs to provide hands-on lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs. They connect them with the best of Google’s products, connections and best practices through their global network of partners.

Level Up is a program created by 91Springboard in partnership with Google for Startups.

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