Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Africa Program
Deadline: 20th of February, 2023
The goal of the Google for Firms Accelerator: Women Founders program is to support women-led tech startups up to Series A stage that are headquartered in Africa or developing technological solutions with a focus on the continent.
The program offers networking opportunities with the global community of women founders affiliated with Google for Startups, as well as information and mentoring specifically geared toward the special requirements of female entrepreneurs.
The Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Entrepreneurs Program was created to assist female business founders in overcoming issues specific to their situation, such as recruiting, getting money, and developing products. The program framework remains the same, with networking opportunities, information and mentorship customized to the particular requirements of women founders, and access to the best of Google.
Eligibility:
- Women-founded technology startups up to Series A-stage are eligible for the program.
- The Accelerator is sector-agnostic and welcomes startups leveraging machine learning (or plan to in future) from any vertical.
Benefits:
- Equity-free support: Three months of equity-free support
- Mentoring: Mentoring from 20+ Google teams
- Training: Training on design, marketing, and leadership
- Strategic support: Support on company and product strategy
- Product credits: Google product credits for your tech stack
- Early access: Early access to new Google products and tools
- Access to experts: Access to Google’s network of industry experts
- Technical project partnership: Partnership on advanced technology project
When
- Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Class will run from March 2023 to May 2023. Women founders can apply up to Feb 20th.
Program Format:
- The program will run in a hybrid format. At the beginning of the program, Google work with the selected startups to identify their unique challenges and the support required from the program.
- The startups will go through three intensive boot camps, centered on topics such as product, design, hiring, fundraising etc., followed by the OKR (Objective Key Results) workshop to define their objectives for the program.
- Startups also receive 1:1 mentorships. They will also be paired with a dedicated Startup Success Manager (SSM) to help them get the best of Google – its people, network, thought leadership, and technology.
- At the end of the program, startups will be given opportunities to pitch their product or service to Google teams, mentors, VCs and stakeholders from the tech ecosystem. Post-program engagement with the graduated startups continues through the Alumni network.
