The first comprehensive inclusive entrepreneurship initiative for underrepresented entrepreneurs
in the business software industry.

OUR COMMITMENT

SAP will commit up to 40 percent of the investable capital in the SAP.iO Fund and scale our SAP.iO Foundries with a focus on inclusive entrepreneurship.

The goal is to help at least 200 startups around the world within the next five years.

200+

startups funded or accelerated by 2023

Up to 40%

of investible capital from the SAP.iO Fund dedicated to inclusive entrepreneurship

7

global Foundries with inclusive cohorts for female and diverse founders

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OUR STORIES

“Being a small company and having access to SAP’s large ecosystem has meant that we’ve been able to go global much faster. We are very thankful for the incredible support that we received from the SAP.iO team and SAP.”
Caitlin MacGregorCo-Founder & CEO, Plum

“SAP.iO has been incredibly involved and high-touch from the early beginning and helped us navigate through important milestones of our business.”
Lonnie Rae KurlanderCo-Founder & CEO, Medal

“Investing in diversity makes fundamental business sense.”
Ram JambunathanManaging Director, SAP.iO

“SAP.iO is the first accelerator in NYC to ever launch a program focused on women-led enterprise startups. We can’t be prouder of what we accomplished with these talented founders and their companies.”
Vanessa LiuVice President, SAP.iO Foundries North America

“SAP is committed to helping underrepresented entrepreneurs build successful startups and to leveling the playing field for women and minority founders in the startup ecosystem.”
Deepak KrishnamurthyExecutive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, SAP SE

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OUR JOURNEY

Follow our journey as we further embed inclusion in SAP’s culture, in the cultures of customers and in the startups with which we engage.

Current Progress

Recent Press

February 26, 2019 in Blog, Inclusiveness, New York

Energy Startup: Make The World A Better Place For Our Children’s Children

COI Energy from SAP.iO Foundry New York is on a mission to make enterprises more sustainable. By helping companies optimize energy utilization and reduce their carbon footprint, founder and CEO…

February 24, 2019 in Article, Inclusiveness, Global

Maintaining Momentum: Strategies to Create a Global, Diverse Workforce

Reimagining a future that’s representative of all people will help make companies more prosperous. In addition to paying economic and social dividends in the long run, diversity creates an environment…

January 29, 2019 in Inclusiveness, San Francisco

SAP.iO & Sheroes: Shuchi Rana in conversation with Sairee Chahal

Amazing evening with Shuchi Rana and Sairee Chahal, the Founder and CEO of Sheroes sharing her wisdom and talking about lessons learned as an entrepreneur. Her insights led to an incredible dialogue…

January 24, 2019 in Blog, Berlin, Inclusiveness

Underrepresented: #womanintech Realties in Berlin Vol. 1

One of guiding principles of SAP.iO Fund and Foundry is its focus on Inclusive Entrepreneurship — which is about empowering women and minority entrepreneurs to build successful businesses around SAP. We’re proud…

Unity + Inclusion

Summit

SAP.iO partnered with 500 Startups to run the 2019 Unity + Inclusion Summit in Miami for over 200 founders, investors and companies.

SXSW

SAP.iO led the conversation about inclusive entrepreneurship at SAP's SDG Media Zone at SXSW.

Culture Shifting

Weekends

SAP.iO hosts 300+ black business leaders who set sights on increasing racial diversity in tech.

Becoming

Sheroes

SAP.iO Foundry San Francisco hosted Sairee Chahal, the Founder and CEO of Sheroes who shared her wisdom about lessons learned as an entrepreneur.

Latino

Startup Alliance

Exploring how we can shape entrepreneurial participation by and funding available to Latino entrepreneurs.

Celebrating

Successes

SAP.iO’s Sallie Jian was honored in the Venture Capital category at the Innovators and Disruptors Awards alongside leaders in technology, specifically those from underrepresented backgrounds.

The first comprehensive inclusive entrepreneurship initiative for underrepresented entrepreneurs in the business software industry.