2023年6月28日,

救赎现在几乎一半的前英国和欧洲风险投资公司支持的初创公司缺乏女性董事会成员,数据显示。这意味着创业跟踪350家英国最大的上市公司,董事会女性代表的比例达到40%。需要不同的领导是“不够得到迅速解决,”创始人之一ESG_VC说。初创企业,虽然承诺破坏现状,往往是落后于大公司当谈到女性领导力。将近一半的初创公司目前由前英国和欧洲风险资本公司缺乏任何女性在董事会,新数据显示。大约45%的初创企业由Balderton、Lakestar,熔融,Beringea, MMC,和高地有零个女性董事会成员,根据一项新的报告行业组织ESG_VC和英国私人股本和风险投资协会(BVCA)。数据来自16个风投公司在英国和欧洲,覆盖450家公司在他们的投资组合。该报告还发现,15%的公司包括没有女性员工在高级管理职位。创业时一直落后于上市公司的多样性。富时350指数成份股公司看到了去年2021年男性的董事会,会见了英国金融市场行为监管局的目标女性占董事会的40%提前三年2025年的最后期限。 However, some public companies have been slammed for appointing women to predominantly non-executive roles. "Startups are grappling with how to translate positive intentions into concrete actions when it comes to board-level diversity," said Henry Philipson, marketing director at Beringea and cofounder of ESG_VC. The analysis showed some progress had been made, as more companies now offer dedicated training and recruitment programs that focus on diversity and inclusion. "However, these initiatives lay the groundwork for long-term change and the immediate need for diverse leadership is not being addressed rapidly enough," Philipson added. Separate research previously reported by Insider indicates that when startups do diversify their board, they promote existing female staffers in a pre-IPO rush. Some founders intentionally set out to build a diverse board, though women hold just 13.5% of top investing roles in European venture capital, per 2022 data from VC firm Atomico. Michelle You, a serial founder who now runs UK climate-tech startup Supercritical, told Insider that she aimed for a 50/50 male-female split as she built her startup. For her first funding round, she turned down checks from men to ensure there was sufficient room for women investors, though they took longer to source. You said this "balanced starting point" helped her keep her investor base diversified for Supercritical's subsequent funding round . "There are more self-organized groups of female investors, there's more of a network around it, and last time, it took a lot longer to get those additional women on board compared to now," she told Insider at the time. Investors have an important role by providing access to resources and networks to ultimately make progress faster, Philipson added. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know. Subscribe to push notifications