Andrea Gardiner

Diversity in venture capital leads to better decision making and fund performance, facilitating the success of the whole sector as well as the startups these VC’s invest in. However, despite the rapid growth of venture-backed companies, there are too few women making investment decisions in VC and investment in women founded startups has lagged, with solely women-led startups attracting only 0.7 per cent of Australian VC investments¹. WinVC is a women-led initiative, aiming to bring together women VC investors to develop new opportunities, facilitate collaboration and help foster female talent in the industry.

At Jelix, we lead investments in visionary young technology companies to accelerate growth. We focus on globally scalable businesses poised to disrupt traditional markets with innovative technology, led by tenacious entrepreneurs.

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