ACHIEVING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS EARLY GROWTH TRUST

AWE Funds

Achieving Women Equity (AWE) Funds is a pioneering venture capital firm dedicated to scaling women-led and gender-diverse startups through its SEBI-registered Early Growth Fund. By focusing on critical sectors like ClimateTech, HealthTech, and AgriTech, the firm bridges the funding gap for female entrepreneurs while driving sustainable economic impact. AWE Funds employs a "gender-smart" investment lens, ensuring that capital flows to businesses where women are central to leadership, ownership, or the consumer base. Beyond financial backing, they foster a robust ecosystem through their Fellowship Program, which trains the next generation of female investment professionals. Ultimately, AWE Funds aims to empower 30 million women by 2030, proving that gender equity is a powerful catalyst for superior financial returns and global social transformation.

Achieving Women Equity (AWE) Funds is an early-growth venture equity firm that invests in innovative, women-led, or gender-smart businesses. Its flagship Early Growth Fund I is a SEBI-registered fund that primarily targets startups in India and selectively in the USA.

Key Investment Focus

The fund focuses on enterprises that promote gender equity and sustainability, particularly those that are revenue-generating and have established a clear product-market fit.

Target Sectors: ClimateTech, HealthTech, AgriTech, FinTech, and the “Future of Work”.
Scale: In 2023, the fund marked its first close at $15 million (approx. ₹130 crore) out of a total target pool of ₹350 crore ($40-45 million).
Impact Goal: AWE Funds aims to empower 30 million women by 2030 through its strategic investments.

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Fund Manager

Seema Chaturvedi

Seema is Founder & Managing Partner of Achieving Women Equity (AWE) Funds to invest in innovative enterprises which positively impact gender balance, by investing in women owned, led, influenced companies in India building on the investment thesis that investing in women businesses delivers both commercial returns and economic development impact. Seema has over 25 years of capital markets and financial management experience. As an entrepreneur and investor, she brings a unique perspective to the strategic planning and investment process. Seema is extremely passionate about promoting entrepreneurship in general and women entrepreneurship in particular. She founded and leads as chairwoman TiE Global’s marquee women’s entrepreneurship program: Project All India Roadshow for Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship (AIRSWEEE), for which she obtained funding from the US Department of State for an unprecedented 6 consecutive rounds of funding and has directly mentored 575 women from 106 Tier 2 and 3 cities in 20 states in India. These women further impacted 6,500+ women through a pay-it-forward multiplier.

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