After building a network of over 1,000 ultra-Orthodox women in the tech industry, Rivka Zafrir is launching Israel’s first-ever accelerator program for female, Haredi startup entrepreneurs.

“There is no accelerator built by ultra-Orthodox women exclusively for female Haredi entrepreneurs,” Zafrir told The Algemeiner in an interview this week. “This is an untapped market right now, which no one speaks to directly.”

Zafrir, 32, an ultra-Orthodox woman living in the city of Bnei Brak, just east of Tel Aviv, began her professional path as a computer scientist. After searching for a job on LinkedIn, she fell in love with the networking platform and transitioned to helping startups, entrepreneurs, and investors manage their brands there.

Source: The Algemeiner