Taking Action on Gender-Conscious Investment in Europe

Join us online on 7 July, 10:00 – 11:20 CEST, and get inspired by the good practices changing the investment landscape for women founders. 
Drawing on our compilation of case studies, this session will introduce you to the strategic and practical approaches Angels, VCs and Banking organisations are already taking to increase investment into women founders and feature first-hand accounts from the leaders impacting change in their own ecosystems.

How can you join?

Participants are advised to submit the registration form until 6 July, 23:59 CEST to secure their participation.

The session will be held via Zoom. After submitting the registration form, you will receive a calendar blocker with the link to join.

Who is this session aimed at?

This session will be of particular interest to you if you meet one or several of criteria below and are:

• A Venture Capital (VC) or Angel Investor;
• Working in a European Banking organisation;
• Representing a wider, gender-conscious initiative;
• Considering investing with a gender-conscious* approach;
• Interested in learning more about the gender-conscious investment ecosystem in Europe.

*Gender-conscious (also called gender-smart or gender-lens) investing is an investment approach that takes gender-based factors into account. These investors consciously back women-led startups or projects that advance gender equity, aiming to close the existing financing gap for women-led startups.

Why sign up?

In this short session, you’ll get to:

• Have an overview of our latest report, which compiles 13 case studies of good practices implemented by VCs, Angels and Banking organisations across Europe.
• Get inspired by first-hand accounts from some of the leading figures driving these good practice initiatives;
• Pose all your questions at the end of the session;
• Learn more about WomenINvestEU and discover other opportunities to learn and connect under the project;

Which leaders and organisations will you be hearing from?

The session will feature high-level representatives from several of the organisations who contributed to the report:

• Maud Vermeulen, Board Member at Women in VC NL
• Taryn Andersen, President of Impulse4Women
• Antoine Larousse, SEED Programme Manager at Leonard (VINCI)

More confirmed speakers will soon be added to this page.

About the WomenINvestEU Online Knowledge Exchange Sessions

This series of online sessions helps you dive into different aspects of gender-conscious investment and discover further learning opportunities.

The sessions fall under WomenINvestEU’s aim to educate and raise awareness of the benefits of gender-conscious investment, contributing to its main goal of significantly strengthening the capacity of the gender focused investment ecosystem across Europe.

Learn more about our goals.