The first comprehensive inclusive entrepreneurship initiative for underrepresented entrepreneurs
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
8
global Foundries with inclusive cohorts for female and diverse founders
WORK WITH US
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
Of the startups we accelerated or funded since January 2019 have an underrepresented founder
Recent News
Gentry Women in Tech Conference 2019
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Supporting
Women’s Healthcare
In partnership with HITLAB, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and BayerG4A, SAP.iO Foundry New York is proud to support the HITLAB World Cup Challenge 2019 which focuses on emerging technology applications and systems that improve medical care and the provision of healthcare among women worldwide.
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Women in Tech
Festival
As Silver Sponsor of the Women in Tech Festival, 5th Anniversary at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, SAP.iO is supporting and honoring women in business & leadership 2019.
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Speed Mentoring
for Women
Together with NextPlay.ai, SAP.iO is excited to start a series of Speed Mentoring for Women at SAP events with the goal to bring women across a variety of disciplines together and provide an opportunity to connect, ask questions and learn from women leaders.
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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.
Read MoreInclusion at
SXSW
SAP.iO led the conversation about inclusive entrepreneurship at SAP's SDG Media Zone at SXSW.
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Girls
Talk
Christine Tao, Co-Founder & CEO of Sounding Board, SAP.iO Foundry SFC and Shuchi Rana, Head of SAP.iO Foundry SF shared the stage at Girl Talks, a forum for women to share & learn from one another's experiences hosted on behalf of the United Nations Foundation and Girl Up.
Culture Shifting
Weekends
SAP.iO hosts 300+ black business leaders who set sights on increasing racial diversity in tech.
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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.
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Latino
Startup Alliance
Exploring how we can shape entrepreneurial participation by and funding available to Latino entrepreneurs.
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