Every woman has the opportunity to become a successful entrepreneur.
To empower women to become successful entrepreneurs, achieve personal fulfillment, financial independence and good work-life integration. To equip female founders with leadership and business skills, access to a curated professional network and strategic investors, while inspiring positive social change.
CRIB was founded in 2014 by Dr Elaine Kim, Tjin Lee, Mei Chee and Marilyn Lum.
Four women, all entrepreneurs themselves, had an idea to create a network that would empower fellow women to fulfill their business dreams. This led to the birth of CRIB, a social enterprise chiefly intended to empower women by supporting their work as entrepreneurs.
Today, CRIB Society is a vibrant community with over 300 core members - including both aspiring entrepreneurs and established business leaders - and a wider network of several thousand.
We believe female entrepreneurship is underrepresented in today’s global economy. We believe women today are smart multi-taskers - highly passionate, driven, educated - and want to get the most out of life.
For a significant number of women, entrepreneurship provides the means towards this. Starting a business is an opportunity to turn a bright idea into meaningful reality; to build a career that provides financial freedom; to work flexibly: or simply, to embark on a new career after taking a hiatus.
The reality, however, is that women face a host of challenges as entrepreneurs. These include a lack of confidence, strong business networks and social support, prevailing gender biases, feeling the need to live up to society’s expectations of women, and juggling the demands of full-time work and family commitments.
CRIB aims to empower women by providing the support they need to achieve their entrepreneurship dreams. This will benefit women as they achieve personal fulfilment; their families, as women gain financial empowerment and work-life balance; and society as a whole, as we create businesses with a social impact, raise diversity in the workplace, and contribute to positive economic impact.
“CRIB aims to empower women by providing the support they need to achieve their entrepreneurship dreams. ”
At CRIB, community building is serious business. Our philanthropic arm, CRIB Gives Back, runs programmes and fundraising events for causes that benefit both those who live at society’s margins, and the wider community as a whole.
CRIB SOCIETY
We provide networking opportunities through CRIB Society, our business community of like-minded, experienced women entrepreneurs.
CRIB MATCH
We match women entrepreneurs with the right investors through CRIB Match, our business matching program.
CRIB EQUIP
We equip women entrepreneurs with cutting-edge knowledge and skills with CRIB Equip, our professional development program.
CRIB GIVES BACK
We aim to generate positive social impact with CRIB Gives Back, our community-led philanthropic arm.
