Anisha Singh is an Indian businesswoman and founder of She Capital, a diversity focused venture capital fund that focuses its investments on Women-led/focused startups.
She is known for co-founding Mydala, an e-commerce platform, with the assistance of Arjun Basu and Ashish Bhatnagar in 2009. Mydala is a merchant marketing platform that helps businesses get users with almost no upfront cost.
Begining of the journey
Anisha was born in a joint family in Delhi; her father is an ex-force member and runs a business, while her mother is a dentist. She studied in a boarding school. Unlike many children, Anisha never had a childhood dream about what to do in life. No clue at all! She wasn’t even sure of what to do in life. It was one of her professors who believed that she could achieve a lot, introduced her to entrepreneurs, and said her to go for an MBA. Anisha did her graduation and MBA from American University. She did her MA and MBA from American University in Washington, D.C. She started her career as a Strategic Alliance Manager for a software company in the United States. Additionally, she collaborated with the Clinton administration on the Springboard project, which assisted female entrepreneurs in raising money. Later she came back to India and founded a digital technology content company called Kinis Software Solutions.
She established Mydala in 2009, a local services marketing platform with 100+ cities in India and the United Arab Emirates. Singh founded SheCapital in 2018, an early-stage fund that invests in businesses run by or with a focus on women.
Other work
- Anisha Singh has been one of the mentors of Startup India programme, an initiative of the Government of India.
- She was also a judge in MTV’s reality show MTV Dropout Pvt Ltd.
- Anisha is a noted speaker on entrepreneurship, diversity and the start up ecosystem globally, having spoken at marquee international conferences like: World Economic Forum (Davos), The Mobile World Congress (Shanghai), Slush (Helsinki), Founders Forum (London), London Tech Week, Superreturn (Middle East), Unlimited India (Sweden), TEDx, and SeedStars Summit (Thailand) to name a few.
In Popular Culture
Anisha’s career has been mentioned in the books “Female Innovators at Work: Women on Top of Tech” by Danielle Newnham,[18] “Super Women, Inspiring Stories of 20 Women Entrepreneurs” by Prachi Garg, and “Dare to Be: 14 Fearless Women Who Gave Wings to Their Dreams” by Rinku Paul.
She is also the host of an event series for female founder in the country called “Together”, which is a by invite only networking event for top founders and investors.
In December 2023, Anisha did a show with Amazon Prime – Mission Start Ab, where she is one of three main judges at the show.
Award and Achievments
- Singh was recognized as one of The Top 100 Global Diversity Leaders in 2020
- Champions of Change 2017
- 50 Most Influential 2018 under the Business category in Women in Asia.
- DNA Women Achievers Award 2023
