Interviews

The European venture capital (VC) market is navigating a turbulent period. Despite a few bright spots, the fundraising environment is incredibly tough. Transaction activity has hit its lowest point in years, hindered by geopolitical uncertainties and sluggish economic growth.

Europe builds outstanding technology companies, but it lacks the capital, and the willingness to take risks, needed to help those companies scale at home. That is the view of venture fund manager and investor Kinga Stanisławska, founder of European Women in VC. Pension funds, she argues, can play a critical role in changing this. But doing so requires both courage and a different perspective on diversity.