India, March 2 -- The tech world has always been dominated by men. In Silicon Valley parlance, the culture of the 'tech bros' has defined product building for so long that many of them are not attuned to half of the world's population. Goldman Sachs' gender-biased algorithm for Apple Cards or women characters in most gaming products getting engineered for the male gaze should clearly spell the need for more women to be active in this space.

The IPO of the dating app Bumble brought into focus how building a product that is sensitive to what women want can unlock massive value. When Wolfe Herd quit as the vice-president of marketing at the dating app Tinder, she was sure that making a product by keeping women at the centre could reap rich ...