PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Partner1, the advisory firm and software platform behind the partnership strategies of fast-growing B2B software companies, today announced it has renewed its Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) certifications from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), through the Women’s Business Enterprise Council (WBEC) Metro NY, a regional certifying partner of WBENC. Partner1 has held both since 2023.
WBENC Certification is the gold standard for women-owned business certification in the United States. The WBENC standard, implemented by WBEC Metro NY, includes an in-depth review of the business and a site visit, and confirms that a business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women, with the appropriate structure and strategic business planning and implementation in place. WBENC is also one of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s approved third-party certifiers for the Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program.
The renewal comes in the same year Inc. named Saha to its 2026 Female Founders 500 list, the magazine's annual list of women business leaders. Inc. recognized Saha for helping hundreds of B2B companies grow revenue by building and optimizing partner programs that expand their market reach. Partner1 also received two Inc. Power Partner Awards in both 2026 and 2025, recognizing the company’s work in helping businesses grow through B2B partnerships.
"WBENC certification is a diligence process. An independent council checks who owns the business, who controls it and who makes the decisions, and it checks again every year," said Juhi Saha, founder and CEO of Partner1. "Our clients face the same kind of scrutiny from cloud platforms, enterprise buyers and, eventually, acquirers. We help them build ecosystem positions that hold up to it. Both Inc. honors reflect what those companies have built with us."
The route to market through B2B partnerships is a key one, and in the AI economy, distribution has become the moat. The top 1,000 channel ecosystem partners generate US$1.07 trillion in sales a year, and software and services sales on cloud marketplaces are expected to reach US$85 billion by 2028, according to Canalys, now part of Omdia.
Since 2023, Partner1 has worked with hundreds of B2B technology companies to build and scale their partner programs, producing millions in new revenue through AI and cloud partner ecosystems such as Microsoft, AWS, and Google Cloud, as well as leading global distributors.
About Partner1
Partner1 is the advisory firm and software platform behind the partnership strategies of some of the fastest-growing companies in B2B software. Its clients are the startups building their first partner program, the scale-ups ready to sell through AI and cloud partner ecosystems such as Microsoft, AWS, and Google Cloud, and the established companies that want their partner ecosystem to pull its weight. Partner1 helps them grow through AI and cloud marketplaces, channel partners, and strategic alliances, and turns those relationships into measurable revenue. Its software platform gives partnership teams one place to plan, launch, and track their programs, so the strategy keeps working after the engagement ends. Partner1 also works with enterprises, including Microsoft, to turn their partner ecosystems into active, selling channels. Partner1 is a WBENC-certified Women’s Business Enterprise and Women-Owned Small Business, and a two-time Inc. Power Partner.
To learn more about Partner1, visit www.partner1.io. For more information, contact hello@partner1.io
About WBENC:
Founded in 1997, WBENC is the nation’s leader in women’s business development and the leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women, with more than 18,000 certified Women’s Business Enterprises, 14 national Regional Partner Organizations, and more than 500 Corporate Members, most of which are Fortune 500. Thousands of corporations representing America’s most prestigious brands, as well as many states, cities, and other entities, look for and accept WBENC Certification. Through the Women Owned initiative, WBENC also is a leader in supporting consumer-oriented female entrepreneurs and those who do business with them by raising awareness for why, where and how to buy Women Owned. For more information, visit www.wbenc.org and www.buywomenowned.com.
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