Opinion

March 7, 2022

My cap table is 60% women — so why does no one care?

I raised 60% of my first capital from women, against the “better judgement” of men


Audrey Barbier-Litvak / Elise Toide

At many of Europe’s biggest tech companies, less than 1% of the investors are women. At my company, 60% of my investors are women and 60% of capital is from women.

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