The start-up scene is dominated by men. This is also due to the fact that women do not get financing so easily. A squad of female investors has set out to change that.
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Missing the target group, says Bettine Schmitz. This is what the pitch deck was like, with which a start-up recently applied to her for an investment: unsuitably structured for financiers and visually unappealing. In addition, the profile of founder Jana Krotsch hardly matched the image that most potential investors have of successful founders. Over 40, three children, no network in the start-up and venture capital scene – Krotsch had already had dozens of discussions with business angels, but in the end nobody had gotten into her education platform Ubimaster.
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Jane Stock is a technology author, who has written for 24 Hours World. She writes about the latest in technology news and trends, and is always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to improve his audience’s experience.