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It’s recently been confirmed that female-led startup companies get just 10 percent of venture capital investment. And according to the report, it’s not just female leadership that puts investors off, it’s the mere presence of a woman — the report states that having a woman on the pitch team means you will get just a tenth of funding compared to those without. The reality, of course, is far more complex. The report makes clear that the proportion of female-led startups that received investment (4 percent) was roughly the same as those who asked for it (5 percent), so we need…
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It’s recently been confirmed that female-led startup companies get just 10 percent of venture capital investment. And according to the report, it’s not just female leadership that puts investors off, it’s the mere presence of a woman — the report states that having a woman on the pitch team means you will get just a tenth of funding compared to those without. The reality, of course, is far more complex. The report makes clear that the proportion of female-led startups that received investment (4 percent) was roughly the same as those who asked for it (5 percent), so we need…
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I always thought of myself as an enlightened, progressive man. Maybe I didn’t exactly paste the word “feminist” on my forehead, but fundamentally I consider the designation correct. When it came to equality, I always thought: sure thing, of course. It’s 2019, people. What are we still talking about? Why aren’t we making it simple? Then Fränzi Kühne, my colleague and co-founder at TLGG, became pregnant. When she conveyed this news to us, we didn’t exactly share her joy. Someone even blurted out, “Do you want to ruin us?” A reaction chock full of gender clichés and pigeonholing, typical of…
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