We have carefully compiled the list of top 20 promising women entrepreneurs in 2019. Let’s have a look at who these women are and what problem are they solving in the startup ecosystem.
Isha Choudhry, Co-Founder ZoloStay:Currently the Co-Founder and Head of HR in Zolo
Payal Satish,Founder of Explorer Travel India: She has over 14 years of experience in commercial strategy and business development teams of global travel brands like Taj Hotels and Resorts& Palaces,Marriott International, AirAsia and Hertz.Explorer Travel India was launched with a vision to represent unique travel products from across the globe to travel buyers in India as well as create bespoke individual and group holiday experiences to travellers.
Lizzie Chapman, Co-Founder and CEO, Zest Money:Lizzie Chapman is a leading name in the fintech space. She moved from London to make India her home seven years ago, gaining experience in the finance sector. She started ZestMoney in 2015. She is also a founding member of Digital Lending Association of India and serves on its Executive Committee.
Cindy Mi, CEO & Co-Founder of VIPKID:Based in Beijing, VIPKID connects teachers in North America with children around the world for real-time English immersion learning online. Founded in 2013 and formally launched in 2014, VIPKid is China’s leading online education startup with over 500,000 paying students and 60,000 teachers in the US and Canada.
Meghna Agarwal ,Co-Founder- IndiQube:IndiQube creates the right business environment for emerging companies to thrive by providing Smart Business Spaces ( Dedicated Spaces / Collaborative Spaces ) to grow with key growth drivers like scalability and flexibility. IndiQube lets you concentrate on things that matter to your business the most by providing well-crafted and professionally managed space-infrastructure, employee facilities and partnered spaces.
Khushboo Jain, Co-Founder, ImpactGuru:Khushboo Jain co-founded ImpactGuru in 2014. A predominantly an online healthcare crowd-funding platform. It was incubated at Harvard Innovation Lab’s Venture Initiation Program. Khushboo who has studied Business Management and Marketing has worked with various startups and multinational firms. She looks after operations at Impact Guru and is the COO. The startup has raised funding from Apollo Hospitals Group and Venture Catalysts India and others.
Chitra Chidanand, Co-founder, Simpl:Chaitra Chidanand co-founded Simpl in 2016 after shifting to India from Silicon Valley and struggling for weeks to get a credit card. Backed by Green Visor Capital and IA Ventures, Simpl with the click of a button allows for transparent financial services to everyone with a smartphone in real time. It gives users a payment mode that’s faster than wallets or cards.
SuhasiniSampath,Co-Founder –Yogabars:She is the Co-founder of India’s fastest growing and truly all natural health food company
SayaliKaranjkar, Co-Founder, PaySense:Sayali has over a decade of experience in M&A, growth strategy, management consulting and new product development. Business development, corporate growth strategy in the consumer goods, technology and healthcare space are what she specialises in. SayaliKaranjkar co-founded, PaySense in 2015. Mumbai-based PaySense is a consumer lending platform that gives users credit in a customised manner.
Priyanka Kanwar, Co-founder and CEO, Kite: Delhi-based Priyanka Kanwar launched Kite in 2017. Kite provides accessible, secure and modern finance to Indian businesses, their employees, and beyond. Priyanka has extensive experience in finance and technology. She has previously worked at HSBC and Accenture and also founded a not-for-profit.
SumedhaSalunkhe Naik, Founder & CEO, SyntellectPvt. Ltd. : A first generation entrepreneur, Sumedha has 18 years of retail risk experience. She started Syntellect, a tech-enabled financial platform that connects lenders and loan seekers in 2010. Its enterprise product RightProfile is a “customer profiler and loan decision support system that aids data capture and assesses, in-depth, a customer’s profile for loan readiness.”
Sucharita Mukherjee, Co-founder and CEO, Kaleidofin : Sucharita Mukherjee, the former CEO of IFMR Holdings started Kaleidofin, a financial platform for the informal sector. It provides solutions tailored to the customer’s goals. Co-founded by Sucharita in 2017, this Chennai-based startup has raised $2.8 million in seed funding from Silicon-Valley based Omidyar Network, Blume Ventures, and individuals such as the Israeli serial entrepreneur and inventor, Professor Shlomo Ben-Haim.
Mabel Chacko, Co-Founder and COO, Open: Mabel Chacko started Open in 2017. A serial entrepreneur she has 13 years of experience in the fintech space.
Rajoshi Ghosh,Co-Founder –Hasura
Seema Singh,Co-Founder & Editor-The Ken
Anshulika Dubey,Founder & COO –Wishberry
Sanna Vohra ,Founder & CEO -The Wedding Brigade
Shweta Parekh Doshi,Co-Founder & Head Program & Academics – GreyAtom
