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It might be your best friend. Your sister-in-law. Your former colleague or manager. It might be that powerhouse woman in tech who has all the boss moves, who you always thought would be running her own company by now. But somehow she isn’t. At least not yet. Maybe she needs a nudge. Let her know it’s time to become CEO: https://lnkd.in/dPkXPTGX 

We’re proud to announce that Ford Israel - Research Center is partnering with us on the 2nd cohort of the WOMEM CEO Academy! The Ford Israel Research Center has been one of the CEO Academy’s earliest partners, supporting our inaugural cohort as well as our 2nd cohort, which starts in January. Efrat Barit, Ford Research Center COO and Smart City Lead at Ford Israel Research Center, recently explained that the intentional investment in opportunities designed to empower women is exactly what’s needed if we’re serious about seeing more women in leadership. “Programs like the WOMEM CEO Academy offer real support, access to new opportunities, and a strong community of women who share their journeys, lift each other up, and grow together,” Barit told us. “That kind of space can make all the difference.” So excited to continue working together with Ford on venture creation! So far 3 of our graduates from the inaugural cohort have launched their own ventures, with others moving on to lead existing startups. 👉 Are you at a company looking to partner with an initiative that’s making a real difference for good? Comment here or PM Women in Mobility - WIM or Orlie Sol (Dahan) Gruper Gilad Barzilay

💥 C-level women ready to take a leap of faith, bolster their confidence and apply for CEO positions 💥 Business leaders who want to learn more about finance and production 💥 Tech leaders who want to deepen the business side Which part of the startup CEO profile do you feel you might be missing? 👀 Watch to see how WOMEM CEO Academy graduate Ayellet Zinger describes how the CEO Academy fills in the blanks Only two months after the inaugural cohort graduated, 40% of alumni have found CEO roles or are founding their own companies 💪 ➡️ 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝗰𝘁. 𝟮𝟱 𝘁𝗼 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲

We’re proud to announce the first partner of the 2nd cohort of the WOMEM CEO Academy: Konnect - Volkswagen Group Innovation Hub TLV! 🎉 Konnect was the first to commit to supporting our inaugural cohort – and the first to commit to supporting our 2nd cohort, which starts in January! Konnect’s unwavering support for women leadership is something we should all aspire to! 👏👏👏 “The WOMEM CEO Academy doesn’t just create space – it builds a launchpad,” Hemdat Sagi, Managing Director of Konnect, told us when we asked why Volkswagen Innovation chose to partner with the CEO Academy to help women leaders lead startups in mobility, energy, manufacturing and DeepTech. “It equips women with the strategic, operational, and leadership tools to rise to the top – and more importantly, to redefine what leadership looks like in these traditionally male-dominated sectors,” Hemdat said. So excited to continue working together to launch women into the top executive role at existing startups they lead and new startups they launch! 👉 Are you at a company looking to partner with an initiative that’s making a real difference for good? Comment/PM or reach out to Orlie Sol (Dahan) Gruper: orlie @ women-in-mobility . com Hemdat Sagi, Stephanie Reimann Izhak, Nikolai Ardey

Your VISION is where you want to go. Your TEAM is the force that helps you get there. The team in this photo – Orlie Sol (Dahan) Gruper, Hadar Weinberger, Tal Geffen and Ela Zomer – brought the vision of the WOMEM CEO Academy to life. As we transition between celebrating the first cohort to graduate from the CEO Academy and preparing for the second cohort, we wanted to take this moment of appreciation to pause and thank the team that made it all happen. 🌟Ela leads our business operations, making sure that everything functions smoothly at the highest quality. 🌟Tal is our talented talent development leader, who helps us build our academy participants’ growth journey and helps place them at the startups that are the best fit for their skills and experience. 🌟Hadar is the chief product officer for Women in Mobility. She applies brilliant product thinking to her leadership of the CEO Academy, where she plans and develops participants’ learning experience, making sure they have the knowledge and toolkit for their success.  🌟And Orlie is the whirlwind visionary with big dreams and big energy, who has a knack for finding the right people to help her turn those dreams into reality. A million thank yous to the wonderful team that is making the CEO Academy so successful! 🙌 👉 Ready to experience both the vision and reality for yourself? Apply for the 2nd CEO Academy cohort by Nov. 1.

So proud of WOMEM CEO Academy graduate Sharon Rashty, CEO and co-founder of cargo theft prevention startup Tratix, for securing investment from Diplomat Distributors after a successful pilot! It’s so amazing to see CEO Academy graduates like Sharon hitting it out of the park! Here’s to safer supply chains – and more women in the driver’s seat! P.S. Ready to lead a DeepTech startup? Apply for the 2026 cohort of the CEO Academy (link in comments)

Will we be seeing more women CEOs in high tech in 2026? That’s what the financial newspaper TheMarker asked in the headline of its article on the WOMEM CEO Academy, which was published in the print edition today. Our inaugural cohort graduated this month – with 3 graduates leading existing companies and 3 founding new startups. Now we’re getting ready for the 2026 cohort. 🙌 Do you know any incredible women who may be ready to lead a DeepTech startup? Tag them or share this article and encourage them to apply! (Check out the comments for the application form!) 🙏 Thank you to our wonderful partners for supporting our vision and making the inaugural cohort of the WOMEM CEO Academy come to life:  Israel Innovation Authority רשות החדשנות, Ministry of Economy and Industry-משרד הכלכלה והתעשייה, IEC - Israel Electric Corporation חברת החשמל לישראל בע"מ, Konnect - Volkswagen Group Innovation Hub TLV, Ford Israel, BAZAN Group Oil Refineries Ltd, Arkin Capital, Pearl Cohen, Ignite The Spark, EcoMotion Community, G-CMO, Yazamiyot - Women Entrepreneurs, Women In Tech IL, She.F.O. - Women in Finance Israel, She.E.O - פורום המנכ"ליות של ישראל, BizDevExec Club, #COOperation, #WomenInIndustry 4.0, #WomenInEnergy 👉 Considering having your company sponsor the 2nd cohort? Leave a comment or DM and let’s talk! 🙏 And to TheMarker: Thank you for spreading the word to help us change the world! Orlie Sol (Dahan) Gruper Hadar Weinberger Ela Zomer Tal Geffen

You’ve probably heard that #DeepTech is on the rise. A recent Israel Innovation Authority report defines DeepTech as technology that’s: ⭐ Based on tangible engineering innovation or scientific advances and discoveries applied for the first time as a product ⭐ Often aiming to solve societyʼs biggest issues Elements of the mobility/transportation, energy, manufacturing and AI industries are all part of DeepTech, along with semiconductors, quantum, space, robotics and data centers. Many DeepTech industries are still dominated by male leadership. Want to change that? 👉 If you’re a woman leader in DeepTech, apply to join the second cohort of the WOMEM CEO Academy and step up to lead the future. (Registration form in the comments.)

Looking forward to discussing “Multimodality for More Sustainable Mobility and User Choices: How to Get It Right?” At Kongres Nowej Mobilności | New Mobility Congress today in #Poland Women make 60% of the public transportation market, it’s time we look at MaaS and multi modality from their perspective and make mobility services that best fit all 🚌🚕🚎🛴🚲⛴️ Orlie Sol (Dahan) Gruper will virtually participate in a panel led by Dagmara Kowalska and discussed by Ian Catlow, Willem van Heijningen, Monika Iván Subovics and Milan Veterník 🙌

“Even though women constitute about one-third of the high tech workforce, just 10% of CEOs are women, and just 17% are in senior management. That’s the backdrop that gave rise to the WOMEM CEO Academy.” —Globes financial newspaper Thank you to Globes for spreading the word about the WOMEM CEO Academy and its first graduating class of 20 women leaders in deep tech, including mobility, energy and manufacturing! (Full story in comments)