Anu Bhardwaj

Background

About Anu Bhardwaj

SHEQONOMI is the world’s first and only digital-impact and inclusion-centric podcast-listening platform built for the bottom billion, powered by the voices of women and girls. It is an “Education For ALL” focused, audio-centric deep-tech solution designed to amplify both creators and content consumers, enabling anyone from anywhere to listen, learn, and earn.SHEQONOMI was the COVID Innovation grand-prize winner from the Islamic Development Bank, providing us with generous seed funding from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, the United Arab Emirates, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and the Republic of Indonesia. It was also one of 100 Global Media Startups selected by Media City Qatar during Web Summit Qatar 2025 to be based at the Qatar Financial Corporation and the State of Qatar since this past July.We are thrilled to be attending our very first GSMA Mobile World Congress Doha, where we will announce our new application in partnership with like-minded partners who share our mission, vision, and values around sustainability, digital inclusion, accessibility, and gender equality.Prior to founding SHEQONOMI, Ms. Bhardwaj spearheaded Women Investing in Women DIGITAL, The State of Women Institute, and the 2010-2013 U.S. Department of Commerce Private Equity/Venture Capital Certified Trade Missions to the Nordics and Middle East, representing over $175 billion USD private-equity and venture-capital interests in collaboration with the International Trade Administration, the U.S. Embassies in the Royal Kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman. Her client list includes top-tier global private equity, venture capital, and fund-of-funds such as Irving Place Capital, Castle Harlan, W.L. Ross, Pegasus Advisors, NEA, HBG Holdings, Cubera Private Equity, Lion Capital, Novak Biddle, Alinda Capital, Top Tier Capital, Pantheon, Pathway Capital, TH Lee, and Veronis Schuler Stevenson.Ms. Bhardwaj has led international business development delegations for private equity professionals globally, and served as a keynote speaker, panelist and moderator at women in private equity, philanthropy, blockchain, digital assets, and deep tech focused global summits.