Ep 65: Anna Andersone

Women in tech. Fundraising biases, discrimination and interest in STEM

Anna Andersone is the Chief Empowerment Officer at Riga TechGirls - educating and inspiring girls & women about technology. Anna is a serial entrepreneur and currently running her own clothing company be-with.

In this episode we talk about:

• Female representation in tech

• Education and reeducation for tech roles

• Discrimination in fundraising and decision-making

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The topics covered in this episode with Timestamps

01:35 - Introduction, Riga Tech Girls and  female proportion trends in tech

04:50 - Funding raised by female founders vs. male

08:05 - Technical education trends for females

09:40 - How has overall female participation in the startup world changed over time

12:25 - Retraining of women to get into tech

16:30 - Discrimination in fundraising

20:50 - The proven negative bias in questions that women get from investors

24:00 - how does Baltics compare to Europe in equality

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