Reports, events and research on women in VC
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 2025: "Catalyse pension fund investment into European venture & growth space"
The first-of-its-kind Europe-wide look at the power of pensions to drive innovation, growth, and sovereignty across Europe.
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.
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Women in VC Briefing: Francesca Warner
This time we are hosting Francesca Werner. She is a Founding Partner in Ada Ventures, focused on discovering and building the possibility of bold Investment for overlooked founders and markets.
Women in VC Briefing: Fatou Diagne
Fatou Diagne is a Managing Partner and co-founder at Bootstrap Europe, technology fund with a focus on life sciences sectors from Zurich, a Founding Partner of The Real Economy Effect (TREE), an inevitably inspirational female investor in tech sector.
Women in VC Briefing: Irina Haivas
We are happy to invite you to watch our latest Women in VC Briefing led by Kinga Stanisławska (Experior VC) with Irina Haivas!
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.
Women in VC Briefing: June Angelides
We have great pleasure to introduce you to another amazing podcast in our series - Woman in VC Briefing led by Kinga Stanislawska from Experior VC.
Women in VC Briefing: Sonia Fernandez
A great interview with an amazing "Woman in VC" who brought her entrepreneurial experience into the VC ecosystem. Sonia Fernandez is currently a Partner at Kibo Ventures, a digital technology early stage venture capital firm from Madrid, if you wish to know how does Kibo invest having Sonia on board you must watch this podcast.
Women in VC Briefing: Thea Messel
Talk about the report on Gender Diversity in the Nordic Startup Ecosystem with Thea Messel - founder of Unconventional Ventures investing in purpose driven early stage tech startups founded by underrepresented founders in the Nordics.
Women in VC Briefing: Leila Rastegar Zegna
About the idea of equitable venture based on the example of Kindred Capital VC - Kinga Stanislawska (Experior VC) in an interview with Leila Rastegar Zegna the Founding Partner at Kindred from London.
Women in VC Briefing: Carmen Alfonso Rico
Carmen Alfonso Rico Partner at Blossom Capital, prior to Blossom launched and led the pan-European strategy of Samaipata VC, a €100m AUM seed fund investing in digital platforms and marketplaces with offices in London, Paris and Madrid.
Women in VC Briefing: Rebecca Hunt
Rebecca joined the Ventures team in 2012, and focuses on the assessment of investment opportunities, deal origination and ongoing portfolio management within the Consumer pod. Rebecca has experience of working with a number of early stage businesses across a range of different sectors and has led investments into and served on the boards of a number of investee companies including Elliptic, Trouva, Uniplaces, Outfittery, Tails.com and AppearHere amongst others.
Women in VC Briefing: Itxaso del Palacio
An engineer, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Itxaso del Palacio, PhD a Partner at Notion Capital - a leading European B2B SaaS focused VC which has invested in companies such as GoCardless, Currencycloud, Tradeshift and Unbabel among others. Prior to that, Itxaso was the Investment Partner for M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund in Europe.
Women in VC Briefing: Amelia Townsend
Remember, every Women in VC Briefing is another opportunity to learn about venture capital investing, get hints on how to approach the funds in your region and globally. That is why you shouldn’t miss this one. Kinga Stanislawska (Experior VC) invited Amelia Townsend, Principal in London Burda Principal Investments.
What is needed from more investment to go to femtech?
Beatrice Aliprandi is a Principal at Talis Capital. She joined Talis in 2018 after spending three years working at Jefferies in their Investment Banking division, where she has been involved in several transactions primarily in the Technology
Women in VC Briefing: Veronika Pistyur
In 2016 Veronika won the Central European Startup Awards Most Influential Woman category. In 2019 she was listed in Forbes Hungary among the 50 Most Influential Women.
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