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
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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
Startups Accelerated or Funded
as of May 2019
Recent Press
Can People with Autism Help Create Next-Generation AI?
Daivergent hires people with autism to train artificial intelligence - and helps them start independent careers. Learn more about Daivergent & Foundry New York. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxjF9FAz4Mg "Daivergent will be a way…
Read More 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…
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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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