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February 14, 2024

The Inclusive Startup Playbook: A new Sifted podcast

The first episode of the series kicks off with how to build a strong board, interviewing Inicio AI's Rachel Curtis, Araya Ventures' Rupa Popat, founder and Balderton Capital's Laura McGinnis


Steph Bailey

2 min read

(L-R): Laura McGinnis, principal at Balderton Capital, Anisah Osman Britton, Startup Life reporter at Sifted, Rachel Curtis, CEO and cofounder at Inicio AI and Rupa Popat, founder and managing partner of Araya Ventures and entrepreneur in residence at Inclusive Ventures Lab

We all know the diversity in European startups sucks — just 7% of European funding rounds went to all-women founding teams in the first nine months 2023 and only 1.4% of unicorns are founded by a team of ethnic minority founders.

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Steph Bailey

Steph Bailey is head of content at Sifted. Follow her on Twitter and LinkedIn

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