New Delhi, November 8th 2021 Ladies Who Lead, a members-only platform for India’s top and emerging Women Leaders, has raised seed funding from industry leader and entrepreneur Aditya Ghosh and also appointed him as Chief Mentor.
Ladies Who Lead provides access to carefully curated monthly calendars with panels, talks, and more. These experiences are safe spaces for female leaders to share their experiences and collaborate for growth.
On the occasion, Aabha Bakaya – Founder, Ladies Who Lead, said, “We are thrilled to have Aditya Ghosh join our platform that endeavours to encourage outstanding female leaders constantly making a difference in their respective fields. A pioneer, committed to excellence in every venture he undertakes. Aditya’s presence will not only add distinction but also open doors to a plethora of experiences and cognizance from diverse fields for our women founders.”
A seasoned business leader and entrepreneur, Aditya Ghosh currently sits on the Board of Directors at Fabindia and OYO and is also the chairperson of SEWA Central, working with the social enterprises of Self-Employed Women’s Association, the Social Enterprise Central body of SEWA – a member based organization of 1.9 million self-employed women across the rural and urban sectors. Aditya is also currently co-founding a new airline called Akasa Air with Vinay Dube and Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.
Aditya has been a strong advocate of creating diversity at workplaces and supporting Women-led businesses as well as creating opportunities for women leaders. He has invested in a number of women founded and led ventures such Slurrpfarm, CreditEnable, Juggernaut and Blue Tokai.
Aditya Ghosh, shared, “I have been observing Ladies Who Lead from a distance for some time now and have nothing but respect and admiration for all that they have achieved in such a short period of time. I have also known Aabha Bakaya for over two decades now and there could not be a more passionate and capable leader who is so committed about the mission of supporting and encouraging women leaders.” Ghosh added, “At Homage, we have a positive bias towards partnering with women leaders and entrepreneurs across sectors. We aspire to serve as a catalyst in creating an army of women leaders. I am delighted to have the opportunity to not only participate in LWL as a key investor but also thrilled to have the privilege of serving as the Chief Mentor.”
About Ladies who Lead:
Ladies Who Lead is India’s premiere community of diverse, driven women leaders coming together to build an ecosystem to leverage their expertise and create a dynamic body that empowers, enables and encourages women.
LWL provides mentorship from the top women in the industry to help young ladies navigate challenges, set goals, and work hand-in-hand in the community. It provides a platform to women, who lead through professional accolades and admirable lifestyles, to discuss hyper-local and global issues that they face in their fast-changing industry or in their lives.
Some of the key events since membership launch in September are Expresso – Funding female founders (in partnership with WICCI in NCR, and Lightbox in Mumbai), their signature Conversation Over Cocktails with Gauri & Nainika in NCR, the duo that built the iconic fashion brand, powered by BMW and Mini Cooper and more than ten other such experiences and events across Bombay & NCR.
The membership has seen traction from some of the biggest names in the industry, few notable members being Anjali Singh, MD – Deutsche Bank, Sakshi Chopra, Managing Director – Sequoia Capital, Tara Singh Vachani – Executive Chairperson, Antara Senior Living Vice Chairperson, Max India Ltd, Mallika Sadani- Founder & CEO – The Moms Co. and Preeta Sukhtankar – CEO & Founder – The Label Life.
Founder Aabha Bakaya is a career business journalist, news anchor, editor, writer and producer.
About Aditya Ghosh:
Aditya Ghosh is a Business Leader; Co-Founder Akasa Air; Founder Homage Advisers, Homage Ventures, Homage Foundation and Homage Aviation. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors at FabIndia Group and OYO Hotels & Homes; Investor.
Aditya is World Economic Forum-Young Global Leader and has been recognised as Fortune 40 under 40 Globally and Fortune India 40 under 40 three years in a row; He is a Mentor/Coach to various business leaders. Formerly, he was the President & Wholetime Director of IndiGo.
Aditya is a key supporter of the start-up world and has made multiple investments in consumer facing businesses in spheres of food and beverages, services and health, and wellness. Through his investment arm Homage Ventures, he has invested in companies such as Blue Tokai, an indigenous coffee roaster; Wholsum Foods, a packaged food company focussing on healthy and affordable products made from super grains; and Caterland UK, a fine dining restaurant in London. Aditya being
a fitness enthusiast has also invested in Sarva Yoga, a yoga studio chain and Genepath Diagnostics, a start up in the molecular genetics space.
His other key investments include CreditEnable, an award-winning AI driven, Fintech company based out of the UK and is also a Member of its Global Advisory Board, SpeakIn, a first-of-its-kind expert platform of Asian expertise, Vsync, a brand and digital consultancy and Juggernaut, an aspiring world-class Indian publishing company trying to redefine reading and writing for the digital age.
