Clara Lindh Bergendorff, an investor at Firstminute Capital, in a Forbes post points only 8% of partners at top venture capital firms are women and that by 2025, the overall women’s health market is slated to become a $50bn market.
On yesterday’s International Women’s Day, therefore, the bright spot of hope is the corporations and other more strategic investors that look at the data and realise a more balanced and inclusive team is better for results.
Leaders such as Claudia Fan Munce and Sue Siegel laid the foundation for the current GCV Powerlist of stars, including Jacqueline LeSage Krause, Anna Patterson, Annabelle Long, Vanessa Colella, Bonny Simi, Amy Banse, Kristin Aamodt, Karen Elisabeth Ohm Heskja, Suzanna Chiu, Eilat Cohen Basat, Barbara Burger, Barbara Dalton, Natalie Hwang, Ilonka Jankovich, Anja König, Lisa M Lambert, and Faran Nouri.
And the next generation are storming the gates, led by Kim Armor, Amy Daniels Burr, Pratima Aiyagari, Sidra Ahmed Lefort, SHERRY HOUSE, Judith Li, Rachel Muzyczka, Marian Nakada, Ph.D., Anna Ohlsson-Baskerville Ling Ge, Elana Lian, Ademidun (Demi) Edosomwan, Carrie (Hurwitz) Williams, Avra Durack, Jelena Markovic, Jaytiya Ngam-maykin, Raktapa (Natty) Pantawongdecha, Marta Pinho, Marta Martinez, Selina Troesch Munster, and Stephanie Vega Ziegler.
See you all at the next Women in Venture lunch at the GCV Symposium in June.
