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In the conversation. we have to see maybe more diversity within venture capital teams, we have to see them actually, maybe in the same way as we have done at station f, really go out and increase their applicant pool and then the different start—ups that they are considering funding. but i think there is a lot that needs to be done to really get us to where we need to be. whether it's fitness apps that sync with periods or solar shirts that are better for the environment, women are creating tech that's making a difference. and here are some of this year's highlights. first up, click met 0lym...

It is great to be a female founder at station f. when we go out of this environment and we face the real world, we do have still some disparity in terms of funding. and the numbers of 2—7% of funding being given or allocated to female founders are real, and we need to do efforts to change that. other places are of course taking on the gender imbalance too. today there are so many resources, so many opportunities, so many discussions. people are really engaged and they want to see a difference. and this was not the case from about ten years ago, where people weren't actually even conscious th...

To show, and already have some users. there's even a green tech meetup happening here in the midst of the open offices of investors and big tech companies. so for apps that want to find their place on the app store, well, google is over there, apple's over there, so there's help close at hand. and five years in, a1% of the founders based here are female. a very different proportion to that of the wider international tech scene. every single partner programme we have at station f needs to do its best effort to get females in the applicant pool. not necessarily selecting people, because they are...

There is even a green tech meet up happening here in the open offices of investors and big tech companies. so for apps that want to find their way on the app store, well, google is over there, apple is over there, so there is help close at hand. and five years in, 41% of the founders based here are female. a very different proportion to that of the wider international tech scene. every single partner programme we have at station f needs to do its best effort to get females in the applicant pool. not necessarily selecting people because they are female, we actually discourage quotas like that a...

Every single partner programme we have at station f needs to do its best effort to get females in the applicant pool. not necessarily selecting people, because they are female, we actually discourage quotas like that at station f, but we believe that once you have more women as candidates, the conversion rate will be higher. dora founded blazer, a parisian start—up using data to analyse early response to cancer treatment. being a founder of a start—up in medtech in an environment that is going to have more ceos that are men, can be a bit daunting for some founders, and the fact that statio...