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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EIT Urban Mobility: Rewriting the Future of Cities in Europe
Three days in Barcelona showed EIT Urban Mobility’s mission in action: curated startup–investor matchmaking, a high-energy pitching contest crowned by Everimpact, Rhyde, and PANTOhealth, and ecosystem-scale momentum at Nexus and Tomorrow.Mobility. Europe isn’t just innovating in mobility - it’s deploying and scaling it, with EIT Urban Mobility driving the charge.
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The Pension Fund and VC roundtable at the European Commission
The Pension Fund and VC Roundtable 2025 at the European Commission’s Berlaymont 🇪🇺
BVCA Dinner 2025
Reflections on the BVCA Annual Meeting 2025. Thanks go to Michael Moore, Chris Elphick, and the entire BVCA team for curating such a well-organised and engaging event.
Ventures.eu Forum 2025
Kinga Stanisławska led a panel discussion on “The Role of Pension Funds in Unlocking Europe’s Innovation” with Kerstin Cooley (Course Corrected), Camilla Richards (Atomico), Daniel Keiper-Knorr (Speedinvest) and Chris Elphick (British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA))The conversation explored how pension funds can drive next-generation innovation, deliver strong long-term returns, ensure fairness for pensioners, and reduce dependence on public funding.
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"Lunch & Learn" on Investing and Divesting across the Atlantic
"Lunch & Learn" on Investing and Divesting across the Atlantic
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Launch of the 5th Investing in Women Code report
European Women in VC were proud to join the launch of the 5th annual Investing in Women Code report at the 🇬🇧 House of Commons.
Gender Gap in Investments, London
We had the pleasure of attending the Gender Gap in Investments workshop in 🇬🇧 London, where we met with investors, founders, and ecosystem players from the region.
Gender Gap in Investments, Romania
Romania is making progress when it comes to diversity. While the numbers haven’t shifted dramatically yet, there are signs of improvement.
Evolutions meetup & showcase, Wroclaw
Our team member, Alicja Stelmach was moderating a panel on a topic "Startup is a Sport - Train Hard, Play Smart, Win Big". She was joined by incredible and fearless founders Katarzyna Goch, Co-founder and CEO of iYoni, Hubi Zielinski, Founder, Cora AI / Coraz Zdrowiej, Marcin Pery, Founder and CEO of Reclimb, Piotr Sędzik. CEO & Founder, Momentum
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Founders Forum 20-year celebration
Founders Forum Global brings together the very best in global tech, including trailblazing unicorn founders, top CEO, and world-class VCs. Kinga had a pleasure of being a part of 20th Anniversary of Founders Forum at Tate Modern! Congrats to Brent Hoberman, Carolyn Dawson and entire Team!
EU Industry days in Rzeszów
It was a pleasure to discuss the future of European funding with: Marjut Falkstedt (European Investment Fund (EIF)) Piotr Matczuk (Polski Fundusz Rozwoju S.A. (PFR)), Ronald Wuijster (APG Asset Management), Przemek Ben PACZEK (Nevomo, moderated by Maive Rute (European Commission)
Gender Gap project and TheVentureCity Summit in Madrid
Kasia Piasecki moderated a panel discussion on Strengthening Europe’s Competitiveness. She was joined by Lina Gálvez, Member of the European Parliament, Laura González-Estéfani, Managing Partner, TheVentureCity, and Sonia Fernandez, Partner, Kibo Ventures
Lunch & Learn on Fund Structure & LPs Liquidity
We met for our final Lunch & Learn session before the summer break, discussing the relationship between fund structure and LPs’ liquidity.
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