Funding the Future: Why Female-Led Startups Still Struggle for Investment
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Funding the Future: Why Female-Led Startups Still Struggle for Investment

Despite clear evidence that female-led startups generate strong financial returns, only 1% of VC funding in Europe goes to women-only teams. In this episode, Tanya Suarez, Chair of the Board at GENDEX, joins us to uncover the systemic barriers women founders face in accessing capital—and how data-driven insights can push for change.

GENDEX is more than just a report; it’s a dashboard that tracks gender diversity across the deep tech pipeline, revealing where women drop out and why. Tanya explains how biases in VC funding, lack of exposure to investors, and entrenched industry norms are holding women back—and why changing the system is not just a DEI initiative, but an economic necessity.

With female-led IPOs valued at twice the average of male-led exits, we explore how investors and policymakers can harness data to close the funding gap, drive better decision-making, and create a more inclusive startup ecosystem.


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Sonya Barlow, founder of Like Minded Females, talks about building a community.

Sonya Barlow, founder of Like Minded Females, talks about building a community.

Sonya talks to the podcast about the challenges women face negotiating the workplace. No one teaches you how to be you, at work, whilst you’re a student. She discussed community building, becoming aware of her own biases, creating the right content that has a positive effect on mental health, and listening! If you want to join her community follow her here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/like-minded-females/

22 Okt 201934min

Our next guest is... Sonya Barlow

Our next guest is... Sonya Barlow

Our next guest is Sonya Barlow, founder of Like Minded Females. Sonya is building a community to support women, and here is a snippet to help you tune in to the full show!

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Shahad Choudhury, Co-Founder of OpenBrix, is using blockchain to fix the property market.

Shahad Choudhury, Co-Founder of OpenBrix, is using blockchain to fix the property market.

Shahad is co-founder of OpenBrix, a blockchain platform trying to reduce costs associated to the property sector. He talks about the ability of a disturbed ledger to share influence across the sector and ensure no one party has too much control. Also on the show we're sharing a story about crypto from Yessi at TNW: https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/10/17/nevada-man-charged-for-allegedly-running-11m-bitcoin-ponzi-scheme/

18 Okt 201933min

Our next guest is... Shahad Choudhury

Our next guest is... Shahad Choudhury

Giving you a sneak peak our next guest Shahad, tech and innovation lead at OpenBrix.

18 Okt 20191min

Mark Ferrar, CIO of Newcastle University, talks about transforming the HE sector.

Mark Ferrar, CIO of Newcastle University, talks about transforming the HE sector.

Technology within universities have not followed the same road to digitisation, moving slowly in how it has reorganised. Whilst reliable and stable the transformation piece doesn’t mirror the fast-moving tech sector. So if you’re a CIO in a university, how do you break that trend and drive the evolution of tech services in higher education? Mark Ferrar, CIO at Newcastle University, talks about his journey to bring their services up to date. If you want to join Mark’s team and support this process why not see the roles that are available? https://microsites.harveynash.com/newcastle-uni/ Whilst you’re here, why not join Dave Savage next Thursday for an evening of tech discussion? We’ll be in London close to Aldgate East: http://bit.ly/2nLFkkX

15 Okt 201934min

Our next guest is... Mark Ferrar

Our next guest is... Mark Ferrar

Giving you a sneak peak of tomorrow's podcast guest, Mark Ferrar, CIO at Newcastle University.

14 Okt 20191min

Shachar Bialick, CEO of Curve, talks about scaling successfully!

Shachar Bialick, CEO of Curve, talks about scaling successfully!

Scaling successfully is a challenge many organisations struggle to manage. Curve isn’t one of them, and today’s podcast revisits 2017’s guest Shachar. We’re talking fintech, products, building a leadership team and how he sees the sector moving forward. Whilst you’re here, why not join Dave Savage next Thursday for an evening of tech discussion? We’ll be in London close to Aldgate East: http://bit.ly/2nLFkkX

11 Okt 201933min

Our next guest is... Shachar Bialick

Our next guest is... Shachar Bialick

Giving you a sneak peak of tomorrow's podcast guest, Shachar Bialick (CEO of Curve).

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