TVARAN 2.0

About the program
Villgro and CISCO’s 12-month program to support seven entrepreneurs creating transformative solutions across three key areas: Digital Solutions Led by Women, Digital Solutions Impacting Women, and Technology/Digital Solutions Enabling Financial Inclusion.
Incentives
Funding up to INR 2 Cr
Strengthening of technology to eliminate/reduce gender biases
Unlock access to gender impact investors
Opportunities to implement gender pilots
Access to market, relevant peers & networks for business expansion
Strategic mentoring & technical assistance to scale
Focus Areas

Climate Action

Healthcare

Financial inclusion
Eligibility Criteria
Company registered as Pvt Limited

Digital product/service in the market/ready for commercialization

Enterprises with a minimum 30% ownership/founded by a woman

Entities developing climate or health solutions for social and/or financial inclusion.

At least 30% of product customers are women, or women are the primary beneficiaries of the products/services.

Participants who previously received monetary awards in the TVARAN 1.0/ Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge/ Cisco prize at the Rice Business Plan competition are ineligible.
