Last year in March, Ellen Pao’s high-profile gender discrimination trial against her former employer - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers - started a wide conversation in the venture capital industry about diversity in investment firms. It is an accepted and obvious fact that, at present, tech entrepreneurship and venture capital is a male-dominated space in the US, in Europe and globally.
Yet, an increasing number of very talented and capable women are coming into the tech and investment industry. In this article, dedicated to the International Women's Day, we want to put a spotlight on European female VCs and celebrate their success.