Who we are
A woman-led advisory firm focused on scaling solutions to impact gender equality and climate change.
We have designed and run leadership programs for women entrepreneurs in India.
We launched an access-to-finance platform for women entrepreneurs in the Philippines with UN Women.
We run a gender-smart impact angel network in the Philippines.
We have worked with social enterprises and startups across Asia for a decade.
We are entrepreneurs who have been through the highs and lows of this journey ourselves.
We have built networks, pitched for funding, launched products, and seen the trials and tribulations of success.
We have been underestimated, beaten the odds, juggled multiple hats, succeeded and failed at balancing it all.
We believe women-led businesses can scale, be profitable, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
We will break down, club over, run through walls that have been built by systems that do not see women entrepreneurs as equals, as worthy investments.
Why We Exist
There is a USD1.7 trillion financing gap worldwide as 80% of women-owned businesses that
need credit are under-served.
Globally, only 2% of venture capital funding goes to women-led enterprises.
Men make up 91% of the venture capitalist industry’s executive ranks. Decision-makers in financial institutions are overwhelmingly male.
A combination of risk aversion among women entrepreneurs, gender bias in the larger ecosystem,
and the lack of female representation among investors and financiers
creates a vicious cycle that has been difficult to break.
We WILL change the status quo
About Unlock Impact
Nüshu Network is an initiative of Unlock Impact, a women-led social impact advisory firm that collaborates with businesses, investors and entrepreneurs to implement and scale their solutions in South and Southeast Asia. We have been helping businesses grow since 2017 and our core team brings decades of experience in business strategy, marketing and impact investing.
We have successfully implemented projects and advised startups across South and Southeast Asia and have worked with stellar entrepreneurs, partners, investors and advisors to develop and launch this network. We are proud to be a virtual global business led by women.
Meet The People
Aditi Seshadri
Co-founder at Nüshu Network
Partner at Unlock Impact
Priya Thachadi
Co-founder at Nüshu Network
Partner at Unlock Impact
Denise Dalusong
Program Manager
Gender & Inclusion
at Villgro Philippines
Preeti Seshadri
Business Operations at Unlock Impact
Charlene Rodenas
Sofhia Mae M. Amado
Amina M Azad
Community Associate
Gender and Inclusion
at Villgro Philippines
Communications Manager
at Unlock Impact
Martha Gonzales
Gender & Inclusion Associate
at Villgro Philippines
Communications Associate
at Villgro Philippines
Prabh Singh
Fintech and Investment Expert
Advisor to Nüshu