Women in tech often face challenges in accessing funding and opportunities. Several factors contribute to this funding gap, such as:

• Bias and discrimination: Investors may have preconceived notions about women’s ability to lead or succeed in tech-related ventures, impacting their willingness to invest.
• Perceived risk aversion: Investors might perceive women-led startups as more risk-averse and less likely to achieve significant growth, resulting in lower investment amounts.
• Lack of female investors: The scarcity of female investors in venture capital firms can impact funding for women-led startups. Female investors may better understand the unique challenges and potential of women-led ventures, and their presence can lead to more equitable investment decisions.

At She Loves Tech, we disable these inhibitors using programmatic solutions and giving startups access to funding and global opportunities. Our goal is clear: She Loves Tech aims to unlock US$1 billion in capital by 2030.

She Loves Tech is a global platform committed to closing the funding gap for women in tech and women-impacted tech solutions. We run the world’s largest startup competition for women and technology across 76 countries on six continents and hold the largest database of women tech entrepreneurs. Over 13,000 startups globally have been through our programs since our inception in 2015 and have engaged with our 700+ partners network dedicated to building a robust and global ecosystem.

Balancing technology and humanity

The She Loves Tech Conference 2023, happening on October 26th and 27th in Singapore, is Asia’s flagship conference for women and technology. We are building the “CES for Women” and uniting world leaders, Nobel Peace Prize winners, industry luminaries and visionaries on an international stage to inspire action for current and future generations.

Our theme this year is “Metamorphosis: Exploring the intersection between technology and humanity”.

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We aim to bring together founders, funders, corporations and governments to explore how technology can impact humanity amidst conflicting agendas. This conflict between technology and humanity arises from the tension between the rapid advancement of technology, such as AI and data collection, and its impact on various aspects of human life, society, and the natural world, including privacy and surveillance, depersonalisation and social isolation, health and well-being, environmental impact and ethical dilemmas.

Addressing these conflicts requires careful consideration, ethical frameworks, policy regulations, education, and a conscious effort to align technological advancements with the well-being and values of humanity. Balancing progress with ethical responsibility is crucial for a harmonious integration of technology into society.

Exciting keynote speakers

Our conference line-up of over 80 speakers includes Jeanne Lim, Co-Founder and CEO of beingAI and the co-creator of Sophia the Robot, alongside Gaurav Keerthi, Co-Founder and ex-Deputy Commissioner of Cybersecurity for Singapore better.sg and Dr. Miriam Meckel, Co-Founder and CEO ada learning, will debate the meteoric rise of AI and if it will make humans obsolete.

With OpenAI seeking a valuation close to US$90 billion, AI looks set to take the world by storm, so how worried should humans be?

Nir Eyal, author of two bestselling books, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, will address the current distraction crisis and share memorable strategies on how to stay productive and sane in an age of ever-increasing demands on our attention. Rather than blaming tech for our troubles, Eyal dives into the root causes of distraction, exposing the surprising truth behind why we tend to go off track.

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In our Investing In Winners fireside chat, She Loves Tech’s content chief Sharon Lim engages Jenny Lee, a trailblazer in Asia’s venture capital industry and the first woman to crack the Midas List top ten in 2015. Lee is a managing partner of GGV Capital, a US venture firm, which announced recently it will spin off its Asia business. Her portfolio of investments includes unicorns Xiaomi, Alibaba and Grab. Join us to hear her share critical insights into the challenges and opportunities in the future of fundraising.

One of the key highlights at the conference will be the global startup competition finals — where 30 winners, out of thousands of applications coming from 110 countries, have emerged and will fly down to battle it out for the ultimate startup competition. This is a great opportunity to see groundbreaking pitches from around the world.

Past winners include Musiio SLT2018, an artificial intelligence company at the forefront of machine learning technology, which was recently acquired by SoundCloud, Tezign SLT2016, a Chinese marketing solutions platform that hit Unicorn status led by Singapore state-owned investment company Temasek Holdings and Aquaculture vaccine developer TeOra SLT2020 who just won SG$1 million in grant funding at the grand finale of The Liveability Challenge 2023.

According to Founder Dr. Rishita Changede “She Loves Tech provides recognition to underrepresented startups and gives them exposure that is timely and effective. Along with the training sessions, She Loves Tech was the first platform that recognised our work in food sustainability and brought meaningful connections to us, and for that, we will always be grateful”.

Get your tickets for the She Loves Tech global conference 2023

We invite all of you to join us and be part of our growing ecosystem as we build on the opportunities for tomorrow. All e27 readers have a special discount code SLTE2715. Get your tickets today here.

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