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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 med tech 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 s...

Where people weren't actually even conscious that there was a gender issue in tech and it wasn't anywhere 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 at the different start—ups that they are considering for 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, wom...

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 at the different start—ups that they are considering for 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, cl...

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 med tech 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 station f has created this programme, i think demystifies i...

From about ten years ago, where people weren't actually even conscious that there was a gender issue in tech and it wasn't anywhere 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 at the different start—ups that they are considering for 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 bette...