Interview

June 1, 2020

Spain’s top women investors

Sifted asked some of Spain’s leading women in the investment sector about their track record on diversity.


Tim Smith

11 min read

Spain outperforms the rest of Europe in terms of gender diversity in tech startups. Around 16% of its founders are women, which, while still not great, is higher than countries like France and the UK which have 10% and 13%, respectively.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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