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| Jan 15, 2024 | Thema launches venture fund platform for first-time fund managers | Today Thema, a London-based, Pan-European-focused VC fund investor, has publicly launched its venture fund platform to support and provide capital to first-time fund managers to start their own venture capital business.
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| Jul 17, 2023 | Earlybird Health's Inaugural Impact & ESG report reveals opportunities and gaps in investor and startups' commitments | Whether you like it or not, you'll be hearing a lot about ESG (Environmental Social Governance) metrics, commitments, and actions from now to forever.
Earlybird is one of Europe's most established and active Venture capital firms published ... |
| Jun 13, 2023 | Early-stage investor Black Seed wants to help create the Black Silicon Valley. It just raised $6.25 million to do just that. | Tech Early-stage investor Black Seed wants to help create the Black Silicon Valley. It just raised $6.25 million to do just that.
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| Feb 7, 2023 | Three quarters of LGBTQ+ founders hide their identity from investors | European tech is really bad at diversity. Just 1% of VC funding went to all-women founding teams in 2022 and Black founders raised 0.25% of UK VC funding between 2009-19.
The figure for LGBTQ+ founders? We don’t know, because the data doesn... |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett has raised a $100 million fund to back the next generation of Europe's unicorn founders | Steven Bartlett, Diary of a CEO host and founder of Flight Story Fund. Flight Story Fund This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett has raised $10... |
| Oct 12, 2022 | 6 investors share where they draw the line when it comes to ethical issues | The venture capital industry doesn’t have the best track record when you’re talking about ethics.
Like most professions involving power and wealth, venture capital also sometimes attracts people for whom doing the right thing isn’t a concer... |
| Aug 7, 2022 | John’s Blog: 2020 – Let’s help startups figure it out. | This year has certainly been tough. As I write parts of the UK are into their 2nd lock down with the Prime Minister now urging UK Citizens to work from home for the next 6 months and the already slowing economic recovery likely to go into r... |
| Aug 7, 2022 | A message from our CEO: Too Late- Silence is not acceptable. | Black Lives Matter. The murder of George Floyd was an abomination, the protest against this gross injustice is admirable. I think it would be hard to find a public organisation or company in the UK that is not either institutionally racist ... |
| Jan 31, 2022 | Professional Diversity Network, Inc. announces an Equity Buyback for $2 million worth of its shares. | Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (NasdaqCM:IPDN) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to $2 million worth of its shares. Any repurchased shares under the program will be available for u... |
| Dec 1, 2021 | Law firm Cooley partners with Libra programme to support diversity in UK tech | International law firm Cooley has partnered with Tech Nation’s growth programme for underrepresented founders, Libra, to support and promote diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and racial justice in the UK tech sector.
Cooley brings extensi... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Aiming to create a gender-equitable startup landscape? | Priyanka Srinivas Contributor
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Priyanka Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Live Green Co, a Chilean food tech startup that uses artificial intelligence to suggest plant-based alternatives for meat and artificial additives... |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Ysios Capital consigue el certificado de Diversity VC | 09/09/2021
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YSIOS CAPITAL CONSIGUE EL CERTIFICADO DE DIVERSITY VC.
− Ysios Capital es la primera firma de venture capital española y también la primera firma internacional especializada en ciencias de la vida que ha consegu... |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Ysios Capital achieves Certification under the Diversity VC Standard | 09/09/2021
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YSIOS CAPITAL ACHIEVES CERTIFICATION UNDER THE DIVERSITY VC STANDARD.
− Ysios Capital is the first specialized venture capital firm in life sciences globally and the first Spanish firm to achieve the Diversity VC... |
| Aug 29, 2021 | Diversifying startups and VC power corridors | Jennifer Fan Contributor
Jennifer Fan is an assistant professor of law and director of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic at the University of Washington School of Law.
Startups have a seemingly intractable problem: a lack of diversity. Despite... |
| Aug 6, 2021 | “Make a difference with the things that make you different”: Interview with Diversity VC’s new CEO, Ladi Greenstreet and COO, Daisy Onubogu | Diversity VC is focused on creating a fairer and more diverse venture capital industry. Some of their initiatives to support their mission include building a network of VC professionals, working with universities and young professionals to ... |
| Aug 4, 2021 | Venture capital undermines human rights | Michael Kleinman Contributor
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Michael Kleinman is the director of Amnesty International’s Silicon Valley Initiative.
The future of technology is determined by a handful of venture capitalists. The world’s 10 leading venture ... |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Scott+Scott Announces Settlement: L Brands Commits $90 Million to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives | Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP announced today that L Brands, Inc. (“L Brands”) will commit $90 million to diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) initiatives as part of a groundbreaking settlement with shareholders. The settlement agree... |
| Jul 7, 2021 | Professional Diversity Network Announces $2.5 Million Registered Direct Offering | CHICAGO, July 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPDN), today announced it has entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors for the purchase and sale of its common stock at a purcha... |
| Jun 14, 2021 | AUGMENTUM FINTECH PLC
Augmentum Fintech : Annual Financial Report and Proposed Share Issue | 14 June 2021
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| Jun 14, 2021 | Augmentum Fintech : Annual Financial Report and Proposed Share Issue | 14 June 2021
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NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR I... |
| May 18, 2021 | Meet Europe’s newest female VC partner | Creandum, one of Europe’s leading venture firms, has appointed its first female partner. Sabina Wizander was formerly chief strategy officer at Kry — the $2bn Swedish healthtech startup.
The firm, which is nearly 20 years old, currently has... |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Fertility-as-a-service startup Béa Fertility raises $1m | Around one in seven have trouble conceiving — and the barriers to entry for clinic-based fertility treatment are high. In the UK, it can cost up to £5k or more for one round of IVF, and many people aren’t eligible for what free treatment is... |
| Mar 24, 2021 | Breaking Diversity Barriers, Bevy Announces $40M Series C Funding Round from a Syndicate that Includes More than 25 Top Black Leaders; Will Soon Have 20% of its Workforce Represented by Black Employees | Bevy, the only enterprise virtual, hybrid, and in-person event community platform, today announced that it has secured $40M in Series C funding from Accel, LinkedIn, Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith, Upfront Ventures, and more than 25 top Bl... |
| Mar 24, 2021 | Female founders received just 1% of funding in CEE region in 2020 | Female-founded startups received a fraction of the capital available in central and eastern Europe in 2020, and gender disparity is increasing — according to a new report from community platform European Women in VC, growth-stage fund Exper... |
| Mar 4, 2021 | The most powerful female VCS in UK tech | As we experience it today, the modern world is possible only because of the unwavering contributions made by women towards our society. While generations of resilient women struggled to help us reach this point, there’s still ways to go. Ab... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Women and Minority Founders Still Vastly Underfunded, New Report Finds | January 21, 2021 2 min read
A more balanced community of founders and business owners doesn't manifest itself. A new set of insights from venture-capital review platform RateMyInvestor and nonprofit partnership Diversity VC vividly undersco... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | The Vast Majority of Venture Dollars Go to White Male Founders, Report Finds | Though more women and entrepreneurs of color are leading venture-backed startups across the country, founding teams are still predominantly white, male and located in the Bay Area.
A report from RateMyInvestor and the nonprofit Diversity VC... |
| Nov 1, 2020 | Meet The Latinx Investor Moving The Needle For Underrepresented Founders In Tech | Lolita Taub is the co-founder and General Partner at The Community FundLolita Taub |
| Oct 30, 2020 | American Express to invest US$1 billion in diversity push | NEW YORK: American Express said on Thursday (Oct 29) it was investing US$1 billion to advance racial and gender equality, the latest in a line of US companies pledging to promote social justice after a series of race-related protests earlie... |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Leader Insights | Driving Diversity in Tech with Priya Guha, Merian Ventures | “Every study shows that by having a diverse group at the helm of a business, you improve the outcomes of that business,” says Priya Guha, Venture Partner at Merian Ventures.
Speaking to DIGIT last week, Guha insisted that improving diversit... |
| Sep 16, 2020 | Balderton’s Chandratillake doffs his cap to Clubhouse, says enterprise audio is next | Suranga Chandratillake has (almost) seen it all. After being the early CTO for Autonomy, he went on to found the blinkx video search engine in 2004, long before many thought we’d even need one. He scaled the company to San Francisco and the... |
| Jul 16, 2020 | CTA Invests in Entertainment Tech Fund as Part of $10M Diversity Initiative | The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® – owner and producer of CES® –announced it will invest in MaC Venture Capital as part of CTA’s $10 million commitment to venture firms and funds that invest in women, people of color and other und... |
| Apr 23, 2020 | How And Why Should The VC Industry Fund A Gender Equal Future | Tzvete Doncheva is а startup advisor, working in London’s tech scene for the past 2+ years. She’s most recently helped develop the ecosystem and portfolio initiatives at a London- based PropTech venture capital firm. In addition to that, sh... |
| Apr 20, 2020 | Special Report: EU Lags Behind US In VC Gender Equality, Albeit With Signs Of Change | 47 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Last year, I spent five months in Silicon Valley and some time in New York interviewing anyone who was willing to talk to me in the VC industry. From Sand Hill Road to Market Street to Greenpoint, t... |
| Apr 20, 2020 | Special Report: EU Lags Behind US In VC Gender Equality, Albeit With Signs Of Change | 49 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Last year, I spent five months in Silicon Valley and some time in New York interviewing anyone who was willing to talk to me in the VC industry. From Sand Hill Road to Market Street to Greenpoint, t... |
| Dec 11, 2019 | Two rising stars in tech investment just raised $34 million to fund underrepresented and diverse founders | Advertisement
London-based investors Matt Penneycard and Check Warner have closed a $34 million new fund called Ada Ventures to support underrepresented startup founders.
Warner and Penneycard both formerly worked at Downing Ventures and ha... |
| Dec 10, 2019 | Ada Ventures launches with a $34M fund aimed at super-charging diverse global founders | According to Atomico’s recent “State of European Tech, 2019” — widely considered by the European tech industry to be a reliable annual study — at present, 92 in every 100 dollars invested in Europe goes to all-male teams, 83% founders are w... |
| Dec 6, 2019 | What’s Europe done this month for diversity in tech? | A whole load of diversity-related news has landed on Sifted’s desk over the past month. We didn’t want you to miss out on the good news — or the bad. So here’s a roundup of what Europe’s tech sector has been up to when it comes to diversity... |
| Oct 13, 2019 | UK Tech 100: The 30 most important, interesting, and impactful women shaping British technology in 2019 | CC BY-SA 4.0.; Depop; Elvie; Ruobing Su/Business Insider
Business Insider has named the 100 most interesting and impactful people who are influencing British tech in 2019.
Of that list, Business Insider has selected the top 30 female invest... |
| Oct 10, 2019 | UK Tech 100: The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019 | HungryPanda; Blossom Capital; Depop; Tara Ziemba/WireImage; GoCardless; Samantha Lee/Business Insider
Welcome to Business Insider's UK Tech 100.
Every year, we track down and showcase the 100 most influential and interesting people impactin... |
| Aug 14, 2019 | Here Is Where The Future of Venture Capital Is Heading, According To This Triple Unicorn Investor | Hand of a businessman writing a Venture capital sign on grey background with a grey marker pen. Getty |
| Aug 14, 2019 | Inside VC Firms: The Gender Divide | 49 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Almost every time I have entered a venture capital firm in Munich, Berlin, London or San Francisco, I’ve been greeted by a female office assistant who offered me coffee and walked me to a conference... |
| Aug 14, 2019 | Inside VC Firms: The Gender Divide | 54 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Almost every time I have entered a venture capital firm in Munich, Berlin, London or San Francisco, I’ve been greeted by a female office assistant who offered me coffee and walked me to a conference... |
| Jul 17, 2019 | These are the 10 most exciting female VCs in London | Eileen Burbidge
Eileen Burbidge, founder of Passion Capital
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London is a booming hub for startups and is now home to some of the world's most exciting VCs.
Business Insider has compiled a list of some of the best female VCs in ... |
| Apr 12, 2019 | A focus on diversity reaps rewards for this Los Angeles investor | The Los Angeles startup scene has come a long way in the three-and-a-half years since Marlon Nichols, Troy Carter and Trevor Thomas launched Cross Culture Ventures. The city and its surrounding Orange County exurbs were at the beginning of ... |
| Feb 12, 2019 | Investors are still failing to back founders from diverse backgrounds | The large majority of venture dollars are invested in companies run by white men with a university degree, according to a new report by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC.
This new data reveals that despite the lip service investors have paid ... |
| Feb 5, 2019 | Hey, VCs: It’s time to do outbound searches rather than relying on your networks | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In the UK, half of a VC fund’s deal flow comes fr... |
| Feb 5, 2019 | Hey, VCs: It’s time to do outbound searches rather than relying on your networks | In the UK, half of a VC fund’s deal flow comes from “cold” leads (i.e. companies that submit their pitch deck to a VC with no prior contact) and 39 percent from “warm” leads (i.e. companies that are introduced to the VC by someone in their ... |
| Dec 10, 2018 | Q&A with Diversity VC’s Check Warner on newly launched Diversity & Inclusion guide for tech companies | If the last few years has seen a growing consensus that the tech industry has a diversity and inclusion problem, then what is clearly needed next are practical solutions. While most people agree that building a diverse and inclusive company... |
| Nov 1, 2018 | Diversity in tech – why it matters and what you can do | Recently we published a brand new report about the diversity of tech company directors, and found that companies with diverse boards have 0.7% higher turnover. We also found that companies with internationally diverse boards raise 453% more... |
| Sep 11, 2018 | Put your money where your mouth is: how investment is reinforcing the gender gap in tech | They say good ideas will get investment … but maybe that’s only true if the founder is a man.
Months of data work by the Tech Nation Insights team culminated in the annual state of the nation of UK tech – the Tech Nation Report 2018. In my... |
| Jun 19, 2018 | New diversity in tech initiative aims to double the number of female and BAME founders by 2020 | “You can’t be what you can’t see,” said Marian Wright Edelman, a life-long activist for the disadvantaged in the USA who founded the Children’s Defense Fund.
That simple phrase sums up a powerful reality that helps explain why….companies w... |
| Jan 6, 2015 | Intel says it will invest $300M to increase diversity in the tech industry | Today Intel chief Brian Krzanich announced that the company will spend $300 million on a new “diversity in technology” initiative. Krzanich also said Intel’s workforce will fully represent women and under-represented minorities by 2020.
Krz... |
| Investments By LA Venture Firms to Women and Founders of Color Dropped in 2021 | According to PledgeLA’s annual report, the Los Angeles venture capital and tech scene is still very much an all-boys club.
From an analysis of more than 6,300 investment transactions made in 2021 the L.A. venture capital report found that t... |
| Announcing our certification as a Diversity VC Level 1 Standard fund | While I’ve met many people thinking about and working on this problem, I was inspired by Check Warner and her team at Diversity VC from the first time we met and signed up to help on their board three years ago.
What was different about Ch... |
| Breaking Diversity Barriers, Bevy Announces $40M Series C Funding Round from a Syndicate that Includes More than 25 Top Black Leaders; Will Soon Have 20% of its Workforce Represented by Black Employees | PALO ALTO, California--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 24, 2021--
Bevy, the only enterprise virtual, hybrid, and in-person event community platform, today announced that it has secured $40M in Series C funding from Accel, LinkedIn, Qualtrics co-founde... |
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LA Tech ‘Moves’: DNEG Taps Academy Award and BAFTA Winner | “Moves,” our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruiting and career platform connecting Southern California's most exciting companies with top tech talent. Create a free Interchange.LA profile he... |
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LA Tech Week: Diversifying Venture Capital Is a Numbers Game | If you know where to look, Los Angeles and its surrounding cities are full of little gems explaining the area’s history. While stopped in traffic in Santa Monica today, one plaque caught my eye – it proclaimed that African-Americans are one... |
| Future VC – Virtual Masterclasses Open to Application | Future VC 2020, the intern program for people from underrepresented backgrounds to get into venture capital, is going to be a little different this summer, but we are optimistic that it will have a positive impact on the future of the indus... |
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This Week in ‘Raises’: Guesty Grabs $170M, Faraday Future Secures $52M | A Los Angeles-based rental platform brought in fresh funds to scale its global operations, while an electric vehicle maker raised capital to create new luxury sedans. Venture Capital
Guesty, a Walnut-based short-term rental platform, raised... |
| Meet the LA Startup Using NFTs To Auction Off Restaurant Reservations | People are back to dining out after a steep drop-off in reservations during the pandemic. According to data from OpenTable, the number of reservations made on the app in August and September was higher than the same period of time in 2019.
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| The most powerful female VCS in UK tech | As we experience it today, the modern world is possible only because of the unwavering contributions made by women towards our society. While generations of resilient women struggled to help us reach this point, there’s still ways to go. Ab... |
| TikTok Is Forcing Digital Agencies To Reconsider Their Content Approval and Scheduling Processes | Last year, TikTok made $4 billion in ad revenue. In 2022, that number is expected to jump to $11 billion. As companies like YouTube see their advertising earnings dwindle, TikTok’s ad revenue will account for 2.4% of this year’s total digit... |
