Partner1 Renews WBENC Women’s Business Enterprise and Women-Owned Small Business Certifications

Rece tificatio caps a yea i which fou de a d CEO Juhi Saha was amed to I c.’s 2026 Female Fou de s 500 a d Pa t e 1 was amed a I c. Powe Pa t e fo the seco d yea u i g

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pa t e 1, the adviso y fi m a d softwa e platfo m behi d the pa t e ship st ategies of fast-g owi g B2B softwa e compa ies, today a ou ced it has e ewed its Wome ’s Busi ess E te p ise (WBE) a d Wome -Ow ed Small Busi ess (WOSB) ce tificatio s f om the Wome ’s Busi ess E te p ise Natio al Cou cil (WBENC), th ough the Wome ’s Busi ess E te p ise Cou cil (WBEC) Met o NY, a egio al ce tifyi g pa t e of WBENC. Pa t e 1 has held both si ce 2023.

WBENC Ce tificatio is the gold sta da d fo wome -ow ed busi ess ce tificatio i the U ited States. The WBENC sta da d, impleme ted by WBEC Met o NY, i cludes a i -depth eview of the busi ess a d a site visit, a d co fi ms that a busi ess is at least 51% ow ed, ope ated a d co t olled by a woma o wome , with the app op iate st uctu e a d st ategic busi ess pla i g a d impleme tatio i place. WBENC is also o e of the U.S. Small Busi ess Admi ist atio ’s app oved thi d-pa ty ce tifie s fo the Wome -Ow ed Small Busi ess Fede al Co t acti g P og am.

The e ewal comes i the same yea I c. amed Saha to its 2026 Female Fou de s 500 list, the magazi e’s a ual list of wome busi ess leade s. I c. ecog ized Saha fo helpi g hu d eds of B2B compa ies g ow eve ue by buildi g a d optimizi g pa t e p og ams that expa d thei ma ket each. Pa t e 1 also eceived two I c. Powe Pa t e Awa ds i both 2026 a d 2025, ecog izi g the compa y’s wo k i helpi g busi esses g ow th ough B2B pa t e ships.

“WBENC ce tificatio is a dilige ce p ocess. A i depe de t cou cil checks who ow s the busi ess, who co t ols it a d who makes the decisio s, a d it checks agai eve y yea ,” said Juhi Saha, fou de a d CEO of Pa t e 1. “Ou clie ts face the same ki d of sc uti y f om cloud platfo ms, e te p ise buye s a d, eve tually, acqui e s. We help them build ecosystem positio s that hold up to it. Both I c. ho o s eflect what those compa ies have built with us.”

The oute to ma ket th ough B2B pa t e ships is a key o e, a d i the AI eco omy, dist ibutio has become the moat. The top 1,000 cha el ecosystem pa t e s ge e ate US$1.07 t illio i sales a yea , a d softwa e a d se vices sales o cloud ma ketplaces a e expected to each US$85 billio by 2028, acco di g to Ca alys, ow pa t of Omdia.

Si ce 2023, Pa t e 1 has wo ked with hu d eds of B2B tech ology compa ies to build a d scale thei pa t e p og ams, p oduci g millio s i ew eve ue th ough AI a d cloud pa t e ecosystems such as Mic osoft, AWS, a d Google Cloud, as well as leadi g global dist ibuto s.

About Pa t e 1Pa t e 1 is the adviso y fi m a d softwa e platfo m behi d the pa t e ship st ategies of some of the fastest-g owi g compa ies i B2B softwa e. Its clie ts a e the sta tups buildi g thei fi st pa t e p og am, the scale-ups eady to sell th ough AI a d cloud pa t e ecosystems such as Mic osoft, AWS, a d Google Cloud, a d the established compa ies that wa t thei pa t e ecosystem to pull its weight. Pa t e 1 helps them g ow th ough AI a d cloud ma ketplaces, cha el pa t e s, a d st ategic allia ces, a d tu s those elatio ships i to measu able eve ue. Its softwa e platfo m gives pa t e ship teams o e place to pla , lau ch, a d t ack thei p og ams, so the st ategy keeps wo ki g afte the e gageme t e ds. Pa t e 1 also wo ks with e te p ises, i cludi g Mic osoft, to tu thei pa t e ecosystems i to active, selli g cha els. Pa t e 1 is a WBENC-ce tified Wome ’s Busi ess E te p ise a d Wome -Ow ed Small Busi ess, a d a two-time I c. Powe Pa t e .

To lea mo e about Pa t e 1, visit www.pa t e 1.io. Fo mo e i fo matio , co tact hello@pa t e 1.io  

About WBENC: Fou ded i 1997, WBENC is the atio ’s leade i wome ’s busi ess developme t a d the leadi g thi d-pa ty ce tifie of busi esses ow ed a d ope ated by wome , with mo e tha 18,000 ce tified Wome ’s Busi ess E te p ises, 14 atio al Regio al Pa t e O ga izatio s, a d mo e tha 500 Co po ate Membe s, most of which a e Fo tu e 500. Thousa ds of co po atio s ep ese ti g Ame ica’s most p estigious b a ds, as well as ma y states, cities, a d othe e tities, look fo a d accept WBENC Ce tificatio . Th ough the Wome Ow ed i itiative, WBENC also is a leade i suppo ti g co sume -o ie ted female e t ep e eu s a d those who do busi ess with them by aisi g awa e ess fo why, whe e a d how to buy Wome Ow ed. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit www.wbe c.o g a d www.buywome ow ed.com.

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