What we have done so far
There are many tools to fight for diversity. In order to break the status quo of capital distribution we need to act in a systemic way, thus we have introduced series of actions to fulfil our agenda, such as reports, events, podcasts!
European Women in VC report 2024: "Beyond returns: Venture and Growth investing fueling sustainability and societal change"
Venture and growth investing is the most impactful asset class. With the right approach and increased institutional allocation, it can drive economic change and create significant social and environmental benefits.
Female GPs and Senior Managers are an undervalued asset in European Venture Capital Firms (2023)
Report 2023 highlights the positive financial and societal impact of diverse investment teams in the growth and venture space. Pointing out the gender-performance correlation serves as a catalyst for environmental adjustment in the venture capital landscape. It reinforces the notion that diversity is not just a checkbox but a strategic imperative.
Role and importance of women as cheque writers and start-up founders (2022)
The inaugural pan-European report on the venture capital ecosystem from a gender perspective.
Funding in the CEE Region through the lens of gender diversity and positive impact (2021)
This report serves to discuss this gap and aims at calling to action all those who have the ability to drive change across the VC and tech ecosystem. Only by discussing facts, figures and taking a real leadership role can we drive change for the benefit of the whole society.
CEE Women in VC Meetup in Warsaw
Summary of our meetup organized in Google Campus in Warsaw.
Women in VC Briefing: Leesa Soulodre
Leesa Soulodre is a General Partner at R3i Ventures living in Singapore, supporting many of the world's most promising early-stage deep tech companies in accelerating their growth is actively engaged in pioneering artificial intelligence, robotics, Healthtech, cybersecurity, fintech, cleantech smart city, and IoT technologies. She advises as an Entrepreneur in Residence/Mentor for Government High Commissions and Accelerators soft landing high growth deep tech and MedTech companies into the Asia Pacific and European Union. And most of all she is a champion for responsible investment.
Women in VC Briefing: Cecile Blilious
Cecile is the Head of Impact & Sustainability at Pitango Venture Capital, Israel’s largest VC, where she is responsible for adapting the worlds of ESG and the SDGs to the framework of mainstream venture capital. Cecile has extensive experience in the combination between the impact and technology worlds for almost 20 years. Previously, Cecile was the Founder and Managing Partner of Impact First Investments, Israel's first impact investing company.
Women in VC Briefing: Ekaterina Almasque
Katya is a General Partner at OpenOcean, early-stage venture capital firm operating across Europe. Beside this she is also on board of IQM, the European leader for superconducting quantum computers, as well as several other companies.
Handover Ceremony of Report by EU female General Partners in VC Funds
After the first successful online meeting of the Group with Mariya Gabriel, the #European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, it is time to invite the ecosystem to a very first: Handover Ceremony
LinkedIn newsletter #1
Hear from experts Ekaterina Almasque and Manjari Chandran-Ramesh on why Europe struggles to scale its deep-tech startups.
Boston Consulting Group Report: Gender diversity in startup funds in France (FR)
Diversity in initiating and funding startups continues to increase, yet the influence of the ecosystem still weighs it down. The report is written in French.
Funding in the CEE Region through the lens of gender diversity and positive impact (2021)
This report serves to discuss this gap and aims at calling to action all those who have the ability to drive change across the VC and tech ecosystem. Only by discussing facts, figures and taking a real leadership role can we drive change for the benefit of the whole society.
Let's execute the agenda for the future of venture space together!