Posts tagged "Diversity in startups"

Elaine Stead, founder of Human VC and former head of Blue Sky Venture Capital, shares her wrap-up of the Aussie tech sector for 2023

Of the 101 founders on the South Asian Australian Founders list, 78% have raised funding since 2013, totalling more than $1.12 billion in investment funding.

We need to look at how we can create a pathway for more women to become founders of tomorrow’s companies, says Gabrielle Munzer from Main Sequence Ventures.

Only a tiny fraction of the Australian startup community comprises Black women and WoC founders, according to a new report.

Despite hiring freezes caused by the COVID-19 economic downturn, the time was right for diversity-focused recruitment startup DivTal to launch.

You can imagine Olympia Yarger’s disappointment when her job ad for a head engineer received 200 applications, but not one from a woman.

Goldman Sachs is refusing to take a company public if it doesn’t have at least one woman or otherwise ‘diverse’ board member.

Fostering an inclusive and diverse culture can lead to positive business outcomes, and startups have a rare opportunity to get it right from day one.

ColourFULL, a new conference run by and for Australian women of colour in leadership and entrepreneurship, is coming to Melbourne next year.

Retail management startup Hike has won Startup Victoria’s diversity and inclusion pitch night, for tech helping small businesses keep track of their stock.

So, let’s keep tracking our traditional diversity numbers, but also recognise it’s about more than gender and have a look at behaviour.

Startup community Fishburners has appointed social enterprise guru Nicole O’Brien as chief executive, to replace first employee Pandora Shelley.