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Sisters - Female founders Initiative
The Sisters - Female Founders Initiative is a community dedicated to empowering women founders, particularly in Central Asia, by connecting them with resources, mentorship, and networks to support their entrepreneurial journeys.
Overview
What Sisters - Female founders Initiative does
What Sisters - Female founders Initiative is
The Sisters - Female Founders Initiative is a community dedicated to empowering women founders, particularly in Central Asia, by connecting them with resources, mentorship, and networks to support their entrepreneurial journeys.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2016
- Approximate age
- About 10 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 5, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Sisters - Female founders Initiative as a community
Community overview
The Female Founder Initiative is dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs by providing resources and access to a global network of startup events, workshops, and mentorship opportunities. Established in 2016 by the Founder Institute, the initiative aims to create a more gender-balanced technology sector. With a goal of achieving 40% female-founded companies by 2021, it has successfully increased the representation of women in the Founder Institute's portfolio, contributing to a 60%+ boost in women-founded companies in its early years.
Community focus
The initiative focuses on empowering female entrepreneurs by offering resources, mentorship, and access to a global network of startup events and workshops. It aims to foster a more gender-balanced technology sector and increase the representation of female-founded companies.
Member value
Members gain access to a global network of resources, mentorship opportunities, and startup events designed to support female entrepreneurs in their journey to build and fund their companies.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Regions
- Global
Community activity
Events and activity
The initiative hosts various startup events and workshops aimed at female entrepreneurs, providing opportunities for networking and mentorship.
Common questions
What to know about Sisters - Female founders Initiative
Upseed classifies Sisters - Female founders Initiative under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
March 5, 2026
Known limits
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