Spark, San Francisco’s largest community of young philanthropists, and Blossom, a Jeddah-based accelerator focused on women startups; recently joined forces to create Invested.
Invested is a woman and business empowerment event which aims to inspire Saudi female leaders, and aims to encourage women-led startups from Saudi Arabia to Silicon Valley. Invested sets out to gift Saudi students in California the right tools, resources, and networks to help them succeed in their business ideas.
“Invested had dynamic, educational and confidence-boosting TED-style talks, mentorship from leaders in the field, and strategic networking activities with founders, funders, tech giants, leading accelerators and incubators from Silicon Valley and the Arab world. So this year Saudi women are not only driving cars, but they are also driving economies and paving the way for Saudi Arabia’s future,” said Eman Shakoor, CEO, and founder of Blossom.
Sponsors for Invested include Silicon Valley Bank, Nour Nouf, Sedco Holding’s Rowad Riyali, Beauti, Saudis in USA and Destination Jeddah.