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Wednesday, September 18 2019 - 07:04
AsiaNet
She Loves Tech, World's Largest Startup Competition For Women and Technology Helps Startups Raise Over USD100m in Its 5th Year
BEIJING, Sept. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

She Loves Tech successfully concluded its global startup competition for the 
fifth consecutive year, after holding rounds in 20+ international locations in 
2019.

She Loves Tech opened its 2019 Global Conference by announcing over USD100m 
funding raised by finalist startups in five years. Co-founders Virginia Tan, 
Rhea See and Leanne Robers stated, "Our mission is to attract top female 
entrepreneurs and the best startups in the She-Economy. By giving them a global 
stage, we hope to take them to the next level, the funding raised so far is 
testament to the success of that mission."

Winners from each round received an all-expenses paid trip to Beijing and an 
exclusive week-long bootcamp before pitching at the global finals in front of 
international investors and tech executives. The winning team will also receive 
a cash prize of USD15,000 from Teja Ventures, She Loves Tech's official venture 
partner and Asia's first gender-lens VC fund. The 15 finalist teams also stand 
to win investments from multiple funds, including ADB Ventures, She Loves 
Tech's official impact partner. 

Photo-https://photos.prnasia.com/prnh/20190917/2583192-1 

Germany's Phantasma Labs, a platform helping self-driving systems predict and 
understand human behavior using virtual stimulation, emerged as winner of the 
She Loves Tech 2019 competition. Maria Meier, Co-founder and CTO of Phantasma 
Labs said: "It feels powerful to be around so many inspiring women 
entrepreneurs, especially in our field which needs more. We are really grateful 
to She Loves Tech for providing a platform to meet outstanding founders and 
gain exposure to top investors and mentors." USA's Canairy and India's CyCa 
Oncosolutions came in as second and third respectively.

With the theme "Tech for Good", the She Loves Tech Conference also hosted 
leading entrepreneurs and investors as speakers including Cindy Mi, Founder & 
CEO of VIPKID, one of the top edtech companies in the world, Bin Li, Founder of 
NIO, a unicorn electric car company, Natalie Wang, Founder of Glamor APP, 
Shirley Wu, Senior Vice President of Dell Technologies, Nicole Chen, Managing 
Director of Refinitiv China, Ilaria Chan, Group Advisor for Social Impact 
Investments of GRAB, Daniel Hersson, Investment Lead of ADB Ventures, James 
Chou, Managing Director & CEO, Microsoft for Startups Greater China, Japan & 
Korea, and Jaff Shen, Founder & CEO of Leping Foundation.


Source: She Loves Tech
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