HerLaunch

Inspiration

Women founders continue to face major barriers in entrepreneurship, especially limited access to female mentors, funding guidance, and investor networks. Despite possessing strong ideas and technical skills, many individuals struggle to navigate pitching, fundraising, and validating their ideas.

What it does

HerLaunch is an all-in-one startup platform for women founders. It provides: Funding Readiness Hub – Prepare for crowdfunding and it provides an option for live payment methodu using Fiserv payments API. Pitch Feedback - An AI-powered pitch evaluation tool that analyzes your spoken pitch and provides a report, Opportunities Page – Central hub for pitch competitions, accelerators, grants, and funding programs, Mentor–Mentee Matching Algorithm – Matches founders with experienced female mentors based on industry. Campaigns - A centralized dashboard that helps founders create, manage, and track their fundraising initiatives from start to finish, Global map - An interactive world map that displays successful women-led startups launched through HerLaunch, highlighting the platform’s global reach and impact.

How we built it

We built using the Gemini API, Fiserv API, Figma for the UI/UX design, Supabase, React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS

Challenges we ran into

Designing a high-quality pitch feedback engine that accurately analyzes speech patterns, clarity, and confidence Implementing the Gemini API key

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Delivering a fully functional AI-powered startup platform within a short hackathon timeline Designing a professional UI/UX experience suitable for real founders Launching campaign tracking and global impact visualization

What we learned

Developing speech analysis systems for real-time pitch feedback and Integrating secure fintech APIs for funding workflows

What's next for HerLaunch

Connect the platform to founders and help women start their own businesses Building mobile apps for iOS and Android Launch and Scale HerLaunch into a global platform for women entrepreneurs