{"id":1115,"date":"2024-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rize.blog.razorpay.in\/women-entrepreneurship-platform-wep\/"},"modified":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"women-entrepreneurship-platform-wep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/women-entrepreneurship-platform-wep\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) for Startups | Razorpay Rize"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Iccha Shakti<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">Encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to kickstart their business ventures.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Gyaan Shakti<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">Offers knowledge and ecosystem support to women entrepreneurs, nurturing entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Karma Shakti<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">Provides practical assistance to entrepreneurs in establishing and expanding their businesses.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center\" data-rt-type=\"image\" data-rt-align=\"center\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"\" alt=\"Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.prod.website-files.com\/652f7edfbfa272ea310aba7c\/687271f7290c7dad4c343d0c_663dfd88c9b120fa0908507d_WEP.webp\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"\">It specifically provides access to programs for<\/p>\n<ul id=\"\">\n<li id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Incubation and acceleration<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Entrepreneurship skilling and mentorship<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Marketing assistance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Funding and financial assistance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Compliance and tax assistance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Community and networking<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"\">Eligibility<\/h2>\n<p id=\"\">Any woman entrepreneur with an established or new startup or just a business idea can benefit from this scheme.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"\">Application procedure for Startups<\/h2>\n<ul id=\"\">\n<li id=\"\">Visit <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/wep.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wep.gov.in\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Click on the \u201c<strong id=\"\">Register<\/strong>\u201d button on the homepage. Following this, a registration form will appear on the screen.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Fill in all the details and click on the \u201c<strong id=\"\">Register<\/strong>\u201d button at the bottom of the page.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">After completing registration, a page will appear asking for \u201c<strong id=\"\">Areas of Interest<\/strong>\u201d and relevant fields.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Fill in all the Personal Information, Business Information, and Educational information. Keep in mind that the fields might vary depending on the area of interest you are choosing.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Successful submission of details leads you to become a member of the WEP and grants you access to several benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center\" data-rt-type=\"image\" data-rt-align=\"center\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"\" alt=\"Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.prod.website-files.com\/652f7edfbfa272ea310aba7c\/687271f7290c7dad4c343d08_663dfd882a60f1a325f436d7_WEP2.webp\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"\">Benefits of the WEP<\/h2>\n<p id=\"\">WEP actively hosts a wide range of events as a platform, providing resources and promoting entrepreneurial communities.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"\">\n<li id=\"\">It provides monetary assistance, including seed capital, growth capital, line of credit( LOC), and non-credit support.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Promotion of offline initiatives and outreach programs by partnering with other organizations.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Incubation and acceleration support to startups founded or co-founded by women entrepreneurs registered with the program.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Identification of skill gaps and providing online\/offline training on these aspects.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Marketing and networking support to early-stage or established entities<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Compliance services to registered users, which provides them with the essential tools to adhere to legal compliances, perform registrations, furnish accounts, make loan applications, provide license counseling, and so on.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">A like-minded community to understand the true spirit of entrepreneurship and the way forward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"\">To provide better support, WEP has tied up with some Fortune companies like CRISIL, Facebook, SIDBI, NASSCOM, DICE, FICCI, Mann Foundations, Shopclues, CII, and many others. The fortunes will play a key role in developing different skill sets important for a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore how WEP fosters women-led businesses in India with resources and support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1367,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions\/1367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/rize\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}