Mumbai: Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) has launched LeadHerShip, a women-to-women mentorship and incubation initiative under its flagship fintech engagement platform InFiniTe.
The LeadHerShip programme is designed to empower early-stage women entrepreneurs in the financial services and fintech ecosystem by providing access, accelerating capability building, and enabling sustainable growth opportunities.
Over the past decade, India has seen a steady increase in women entering leadership pipelines, along with a rise in women-led startups. However, representation of women in leadership roles—particularly within the BFSI sector—remains limited.
LeadHerShip seeks to bridge this gap by creating a structured ecosystem where women founders are paired with senior women leaders from across Aditya Birla Capital businesses for a focused three-month mentorship journey.
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Additionally, the initiative enables Aditya Birla Capital to gain early insights into emerging trends and innovation-driven business models within the financial services sector.
The LeadHerShip initiative builds on ABCL’s broader InFiniTe programme, which follows a ‘problem-to-partner’ approach by connecting internal business challenges with external innovators.
Anchored in the pillars of Innovate, Incubate, and Invest, InFiniTe has engaged over 200 fintech startups and facilitated approximately 60 proof-of-concepts across areas such as digital lending, customer experience, data analytics, and risk management. With LeadHerShip, the company is strengthening its Incubate pillar with a focused emphasis on inclusive innovation and women-led enterprises.
Vishakha Mulye, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Aditya Birla Capital Limited, said, “LeadHerShip reflects our commitment to building a more inclusive, future-ready and innovation-led ecosystem at Aditya Birla Capital. As we evolve our InFiniTe platform from innovating with start-ups to actively incubating them, this initiative creates a unique opportunity for our women leaders to mentor and partner with women entrepreneurs at an early stage of their journey.
By bringing together leadership experience and entrepreneurial ambition, LeadHerShip aims to enable a powerful exchange of ideas, accelerate innovation, and help shape the next generation of women leaders in financial services.”
The LeadHerShip programme is being implemented in collaboration with B-Fair Labs, which will support programme design, track progress, and measure outcomes to ensure a structured and impact-driven incubation journey.
Through LeadHerShip, Aditya Birla Capital continues to advance its vision of fostering innovation, strengthening startup partnerships, and providing leadership-driven support to women entrepreneurs, enabling them to scale and succeed in the financial services ecosystem.
