Becoming helps women ages 20–30 from Israel’s social periphery realize their potential through tools, connections, and opportunities.
Why Becoming
Women from Israel’s social periphery often face barriers alone on their path to knowledge, tools, connections, and opportunities. It’s time to change that and create genuine equality of opportunity.
Graduates of residential care and foster families, former lone soldiers, young immigrants, orphans, and women raised without stable support enter adulthood with ability and a drive for excellence, but not always with the same access to the connections, guidance, and resources that can open doors.
We give every participant the tools, knowledge, mentorship, community, and support she needs to realize her full potential. Because when more strong, exceptional women have the opportunity to thrive, Israeli society grows stronger too.
A measurable model
Two cohorts per year in the initial model.
Practical tools for excellence in an environment connected to the industry.
Guidance for professional success, financial growth and access to industry opportunities.
A lasting network, opportunities, roles and a community retreat for growth and transformation.
We run a lean model, investing most resources in women’s development, connections and opportunity. We measure progress at the beginning and end of each program, using automation and AI to operate more efficiently.
What makes Becoming different
Israel’s only excellence model built by women, for women, and led by women. It brings the expertise and mindset of the high-tech and technology sectors into four connected components: practical tools, personal mentoring, opportunity-opening connections, and a long-term community.
Eight group sessions hosted by high-tech companies, covering personal development, career development, financial management, women’s health, and the practical tools needed to build a successful, fulfilling life and create positive impact.
Every participant is matched with an experienced mentor who provides personalized guidance, helps navigate goals and decisions, opens doors, and creates new opportunities.
A professional network that connects participants to knowledge, people, and opportunities that can accelerate their personal and professional growth.
A long-term Becoming community, alongside access to legal, financial, emotional, educational, and employment support when it’s needed.
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Volunteer as a mentor
One mentor can turn knowledge, connections, and experience into the opportunity she was missing.
Three ways to open opportunity
For exceptional women
Get practical tools, a personal mentor and a professional network that stays with you beyond the program.
Apply to the programFor partners, investors and donors
Your partnership funds the complete Becoming model: the Accelerator, personal mentoring, connections, and long-term community. Built to high-tech standards, the model combines measurable goals, transparent reporting, and a focus on lasting impact.
For leading mentors
Turn your experience, knowledge, and network into access for a woman with the ability and determination to succeed. Your support can give her the tools, connections, and opportunities to build what comes next.
Meet the founder
From lone soldier and IDF officer to high-tech founder. Inesa Bass built the path she is now opening for other women.
Inesa Bass moved from Russia to Israel at age four. When her late mother returned to Moscow, Inesa chose to remain in Israel and grow up in a residential school. She later completed five years of service as a lone soldier and IDF officer, built seven years of high-tech product marketing experience and founded hileo.io, which appeared on Sharks and secured investment.
Together with friends, she volunteered to create “Simply Work”, helping thousands of people find employment during the COVID employment crisis. President Reuven “Ruvi” Rivlin recognised the initiative at the President’s Residence. Becoming grew from her drive to make excellence, opportunity and practical tools accessible to women from Israel’s social periphery, the place she came from too.
Each exceptional woman who realizes her potential helps build a stronger, more exceptional Israeli society.
Find your way into Becoming