International Girls in ICT Day 2024: A look at these 5 Indian women investors in startup sector
'International Girls in ICT Day' ceremony promotes more girls and young women to pursue education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
'International Girls in ICT Day' is commemorated on the fourth Thursday of April. Its goal is to demonstrate the importance of females in the field of information and communication technology (ICT). This ceremony promotes more girls and young women to pursue education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
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International Girls in ICT Day 2024: Theme
The theme for this year's 'International Girls in ICT Day' is "Digital Skills for Life" to enhance technological proficiency.
International Girls in ICT Day 2024: Startup investors
A look at these top 5 women investors in the startup sector to watch out for in 2024-25.
(Please note the below name order is a random order and doesn't follow any ranking)
Aarti Gupta
A chief investment officer at angel-investing firm Anikarth Venture, Aarti has been leading her family office, DM Gupta Family, Jagran Group, for more than 10 years.
Namita Thapar
An angel investor and a popular shark from Shark Tank India, Namita has invested in startups like Brandsdaddy, Girgit, STAGE, Very Much Indian, and Skippi Ice Pops among others. She is also the executive director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals.
Vani Kola
VC firm Kalaari Capital's founder and managing director Vani, is also a board member of CXXO. The firm typically invests in e-commerce, gaming, digital content, and healthcare brands like Dream11, Myntra, Cure.fit, and Snapdeal.
Padmaja Ruparel
Padmaja co-founded Indian Angel Network (IAN) and SEBI-registered category II venture capital fund IAN Fund, worth Rs 1,000 crore.
Falguni Nayar
Falguni is the founder and CEO of beauty-focused retail brand Nykaa which has now become one of India's leading beauty retailers playing a critical role in developing the beauty market in India.
(With agency inputs)