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empoWer (http://empower.zone) - India's 1st tech accelerator for women entrepreneurs is accepting applications for their 2017 cohort. It's an 8-week no equity accelerator program for 15 selected women entrepreneurs building tech-enabled businesses complete with mentoring, workshops, case studies of successful women-led startups, industry connects, peer network,  investor connect and over 1 crore in cash and professional services. 

Application link - http://empower.zone/applynow. Deadline - 6th October 2017. Travel cost for outstation participants covered as part of the program. 

The program is in partnership with Department of Science and Technology (Government of India), 

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Social Alpha (an initiative by Tata Trusts

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, Microsoft, Amazon, ICICI Bank, PayU, CapitalFirst and FlexiLoans.

Launched in 2016, the first cohort of empoWer has gone on to raise significant funding (over 150 Crore) and many laurels.

Follow them 

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 Twitter and Facebook, to stay updated about the program and application status.

Please feel free to reach out to them 

at shreya@zonestartups.com, 

if you have any queries or if you see any other synergies with the program