Gender Diversity in the Dutch Ecosystem

To help address this further techleap.nl has released the first Gender Diversity in the Netherlands report and the #FundRight bid book showcasing 200 gender diverse startups. The book and report were announced today during the #FundRight event by Constantijn van Oranje, Special Envoy from Techleap.nl:

“The book and the report show how important it is that 31 progressive investors have decided to take action by establishing #Fundright as a basis for concrete change. With #FundRight, they also show what can happen if the debate about diversity in entrepreneurship focuses on opportunities. Mixed teams perform better than mono teams and VCs and startups embracing diversity make themselves more versatile, resilient and stronger.”

Gender Diversity Report

Are you interested in learning more about gender diversity in the Netherlands?

The Gender Diversity Report analyzed over 1,500 startups and VCs using data from Dealroom. Initial findings showed that only 6% of decision-makers at NL based venture capital firms are women. The research also showed that just 0.8% of the total amount invested in the Dutch Startup Ecosystem goes to all-female founded teams and just 5.7% to mixed-gender teams.

Download the Gender Diversity Report here.

Janneke Niessen, Co-founder CapitalT and co-founder of #FundRight: “This research shows how great the need for a more diverse start-up ecosystem is. And that is precisely why it is so encouraging that more and more VCs are joining #FundRight and also visited the #FundRight event. We are now building the future with a homogeneous group that is too small and as a result, we not only lose out on many opportunities but also leave behind so much unused talent.”