Marwari Catalysts, India’s startup ecosystem facilitator, not only promotes entrepreneurs but also intrapreneurs within the organization.
MCats is a company with a female staff of more than 60%. Women lead MCats’ primary functional areas, including strategy, digital marketing, finance, and operations.
MCats has 35 percent of its portfolio firms run by women co-founders, recognizing the need for women to be equal players in the startup ecosystem.
Marwari Catalysts has always been committed to providing significant opportunities for women to start and grow their businesses as an accelerator, but few people realize that the accelerator has also played a critical role in redefining the future by creating a work culture that embraces women, encourages them, and grooms them to be future leaders.
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As a result, women make up more than 60% of the MCats staff, and 35 percent of the portfolio firms are led by women co-founders.
The accelerator guarantees that women feel empowered at work by providing them with the skills and chances they need to pursue and secure the senior leadership positions they deserve.
“Instead of imaginary terms, a woman is becoming a reality nowadays. Women are the backbone of this period, since they support half of the sky.”
Names like these reverberate through the halls of power at Marwari Catalysts: Marwari Catalysts’ Richa Sharma is a founding member. Anshu Jain is the Director of Digital Marketing at CA. Divya Chopra is the Finance Director.
Divya Multani is a strategist in the CEO’s office. Accelerate women, and business will accelerate. Women’s empowerment is linked with entrepreneurship.
It’s a wheel that’s already in motion. Marwari Catalysts is happy to be a part of this journey, where we are fortunate to have not just women-led companies and female investors on board, but also a strong female staff driving change.
Sushil Sharma, Founder & CEO, Marwari Catalysts, has always been a passionate supporter of women’s equality, believing that today’s women have revolutionized the professional landscape of India with their enthusiasm, optimism, confidence, and tenacity.
They have succeeded in concretizing a new India that is brave, prepared to take chances, and has opened the way for the wind of ‘change.’
He explains his reasoning, saying, “We have always believed at Marwari Catalysts that there is a thriving women’s network, and that these women are Founders, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Executives, and others who represent an equal future in the Indian Startup Ecosystem.
Our current employment figures speak for themselves, and this has proven to be a huge success and a great motivation for us to continue building a broad leadership network for every woman to bridge the resources gap and provide community support in order to ensure that they have a rightful place in the industry.”
“Today’s women are becoming self-aware, commanding their needs, and building a strong women community for the startup ecosystem in Tier II & Tier III cities to achieve their highest potential in order to be recognized, acknowledged, rewarded, and respected,” says Richa Sharma, Founding Member, Marwari Catalysts, CEO & Founder at The Book Cafe.
Richa thinks that opportunities come to everyone, but it is up to us to direct them in the correct direction so that we may realize our goals.
Instilling a strong feeling of responsibility and assisting female employees in obtaining an equal working environment Marwari Catalysts’ Digital Marketing Head, Anshu Jain, says, “It is now more important than ever to shift the narrative and make every aspect of life gender inclusive.
And, as solution providers, startups have the power to fine-tune the balance between tradition and change in a way that empowers millions of women around the world and thus levels the playing field for them.
Also, because digital is the new normal, I believe the 3 Cs: content, creativity, and communication are the keys to innovation and positioning, establishing a solid basis for a digital future.
As a result, the startup environment paired with the digital era provides a fantastic platform for addressing market niches, with endless prospects for those who want to embrace it.”
CADivya Chopra, Head of Finance at Marwari Catalysts, says, “We bring a unique integration of numbers with a deep understanding of teamwork and startup culture to the table.”
“Rajasthan, among other states, has the highest number of successful CA candidates, and with the emergence of new-age startups, the accounting process has evolved as well, providing an accurate snapshot of financial performance, position, and business value.
We are dedicated to provide excellent financial support to our portfolio firms as part of the Finance team at Marwari Catalysts, giving us a powerful component for financial counseling to startups.”
A firm believer in lifelong learning, According to Divya Multani, the CEO’s Office Strategist, “I’ve always wanted to work in the startup business since it’s creative, vibrant, hopeful, and hard all at the same time.
Working with the 100 Co-Founders Club and intellectuals is a lot of fun.” To summarize, Marwari Catalysts believes that men and women should be treated equally in all aspects of life, including the workplace and leadership responsibilities.
More diversity at the top, we believe, leads to better decision-making and business outcomes. So let us nurture not just our startup environment but also our separate companies in order to support women who are attempting to breach the glass barrier and establish themselves in their own league.
Our female entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs deserve all the support they can get!