SAAS NORTH Conference’s Post

"A recent study by Google for Startups and the IVC Research Center revealed that startups with women among their #founders stand a greater chance of success and survival compared to those with an all-male team. Having a woman on the founding team enhances a startup's resilience, increasing its chances of remaining active after several years.” Yet, we know that female-founded business receive only a fraction of VC investment. At ETA Technologies, we recognise the critical importance of eliminating unconscious bias from the initial stages of the #fundraising process, generating reports through psychometric testing about teams, and unveiling founding teams’ true #potential. https://lnkd.in/dD-tzScS

Exciting news for female founders in the European VC landscape! Check out this insightful blog post by NextRound.ai highlighting the new European VC Female Founders Dashboard, aimed at empowering change and increasing funding opportunities for women-led startups. It's great to see initiatives like this that prioritize diversity and inclusivity in the tech ecosystem. As a platform dedicated to helping founders navigate the fundraising process, NextRound.ai is well-equipped to support female entrepreneurs looking to secure funding for their ventures. If you're a founder looking to raise capital or simply want to stay updated on the latest trends in the startup world, be sure to visit the NextRound.ai blog for valuable insights and resources. Together, let's continue to drive positive change and increase opportunities for all founders, regardless of gender. #femalefounders #diversityandinclusion #VCfunding #NextRoundai #startupresources. Check out the blog post here: https://nextround.ai/blog/.

An interesting fact in the male vs female founder debate... Only 5% of founders asking for investor intro support are female. Yet in just one week since I announced my MVP framework + co-pilot for non-techies, over 30% of sign-ups are female. Does this mean that women prefer to just get on and build stuff themselves? Rather than trying to raise money from investors to pay developers to do it for them - a strategy I am becoming increasingly doubtful about. Whatever the reasons, after 40 years of coding, it is exciting to see more and more women getting in to the tech side of startups! 😊 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 • 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 28 𝐲𝐫𝐬 📌 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 ---------------------------- 🚀 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞? 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐌𝐕𝐏 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐲 ----------------------------

I consider myself extremely fortunate that throughout my entrepreneurial journey, every venture I embarked upon included a diverse team with at least one female co-founder. So it pains me to see that female-founded businesses are getting such a small piece of the VC funding pie - https://lnkd.in/dBqwsGEc At ETA Technologies, we're dedicated to helping investors invest in people by transforming the mysterious 'people' aspect of investment into easily quantifiable and comparable factors, akin to EBITDA or ARR. In doing so, investors can make truly data-driven decisions based on genuine potential, and hopefully eliminate the risk of unconscious bias from their initial vetting processes. #venturecapital #femalefounder #investment

Just had an inspiring meeting with Chris Lucas where we discussed the incredible work he's doing with VEST, StitchCrew, and the Thunder Launchpad. These three Oklahoma City-based organizations are making a huge impact by empowering entrepreneurs and fostering innovation in our community. ✳️ 𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀: A peer network and investment fund supporting women-led companies in the care economy and the future of work sectors. They're helping women professionals create more inclusive workplaces through coaching and networking. ✳️ 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗖𝗿𝗲𝘄: Focused on building a more inclusive economy, StitchCrew connects women and minority entrepreneurs with the capital, resources, and networks they need to succeed. ✳️ 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗽𝗮𝗱: Fueled by the Oklahoma City Thunder and MidFirst Bank, this initiative provides a collaborative workspace, mentorship, and an accelerator program to help startups grow and thrive. It's inspiring to see how these organizations are not only supporting individual entrepreneurs but also contributing to the economic development of OKC. If you're an entrepreneur or know someone who could benefit from these programs, I highly recommend checking them out! Let's keep building an inclusive and thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem together! 🌟 #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #OKC #InclusiveEconomy

Day 3 and a wrap at Blueprint: The Future of Real Estate with an encouraging womens' lunch in partnership with Women in Construction Tech. Speakers Meirav Oren (Fainaru), Sherry Chris, Minna Fingerhood, Melissa Cheong, Antonia Elisa Soler Blasco In 2024, startups founded by all-women teams continued to struggle in securing venture capital (VC) funding, receiving less than 2% of it! How does that change? By our own initiatives besides the industry doing better. "Closed mouths don't get fed. Speak up, stand tall, and start building. Don’t shy away from the ‘no’s,’ or from not ticking every box to grab that opportunity and take risks. 📣 And for the moms out there—don’t fear launching startups while raising your kids. It’s not a crime to focus on your business sometimes; you’re not neglecting them. You're showing them what it means to be a badass woman. You're their inspiration." 💪 #AIinCRE #Proptech #RealEstateTech #WomeninStartups #WomenFounders

Shockingly only 0.5% of VC funding goes to women of color founders. That’s why Founderland, the fastest growing community of women of colour founders, partnered with us at R/GA EMEA to create a Pitch AI Mentor (PAM) - which offers every founder a safe-space practice their pitch and receive instant, personalized feedback all powered by AI. We’re incredibly proud to share the story of how we created PAM today, which you can read more about here in Fast Company #aiforgood

LADIES & Gentlemen!!🤖🧠 Below are six UK Female Founded / Co-Founded #DeepTech start-ups.🚀 I have been building out my Female C-suit network over the last couple of months and have been able to meet some amazing #Women.🌟 Female-founded start-ups represent just 2.8% of total AI VC funding in the UK. My intent for sharing data this isn’t to criticize the disparity but rather to recognize and highlight the #Women who make up this %, successfully securing VC funding in such a competitive landscape.💶 🧠 syd™ - Founder & CEO Lorena P. 🧠 Complyance - Founder & CEO Richa K. 🧠 Spinview - Founder & CEO Linda Wade 🧠 Darktrace - Co-Founded by Poppy Gustafsson 🧠 proSapient - Co-Founder & President Margo Polishchuk 🧠 CENTURY Tech - Founder & CEO Priya Lakhani #WomenInTech #AIML #GenAI #ML #DeepTech #VCinvestment #UKStartups #Tech #SoftwareSaas #LLM #WomeninAI #FemaleFounder

Have you ever seen so many female founders in one place? 💼👩💻 One month in DEA - Dare. Empower. Accelerate. (I can’t believe how fast time flies!) and it’s starting to feel like a community. A community of brave women at different stages of their startup journey and in their lives; each with their own strengths and weaknesses, facing similar yet unique ups and downs. In the uncertainty of entrepreneurial life, two things are without doubt: 1️⃣ We can and will learn a lot from each other. 2️⃣ Somebody in this photo will not be happy with it, which is why I’m abolitely risking my life by adding any tags! 😉 Kristina Borisova Yoanna Borisova Zhenya Dimitrova Polina Aleksieva Izabel Kuzmanova Yoanna Marinova Valentina Kutseva Aneliya Dzhuteva Desislava Boycheva Katerina Balabanova KittFit #FemaleFounders #WomenInBusiness #Startuplife #EntrepreneurshipJourney #Community #DEA #WomenEmpowerment #Startups #FounderLife #WomenSupportingWomen

Despite FemTech being heavily female-led, the disparity in funding between male and female founders remains striking. According to PitchBook data over the past five years, male-led FemTech startups have consistently outpaced their female counterparts in securing funds. Last year, 57 FemTech companies with all-male founding teams raised $731m, while 105 FemTechs with all female founding teams shared a total $408m.  On average, female-founded FemTechs raised $4.6 million per startup, while male-led teams secured double that amount at $9.2 million. Gina Bartasi Kindbody notably raised a record $191 million, showcasing the tremendous potential of female founders in the industry. Mixed-gender teams have raised $4.1m on average over the same period. 2023 marked a significant shift with women-led femtechs raising $7.5 million on average, surpassing the $5.7 million raised by their male counterparts, signaling changing dynamics in funding patterns. Top funding rounds include BillionToOne's $125 million and TMRW Life Sciences' $110 million raises, underscoring the substantial contributions from male-founded companies to femtech innovation. While there are signs of progress, these statistics underscore the urgent need to intensify efforts for true equity in femtech funding. It's crucial to continue advocating for inclusive investment practices that empower all founders to thrive and innovate in this dynamic sector. #FemTech #DiversityInTech #WomenInTech #EquityInInnovation #FemTechIndia