Accelerating Change In the wake of high profile stories of discrimination in the tech industry, the issue of diversity and inclusion has seen an increased focus. According to many respondents, In the wake of high pro le stories of discrimination in the tech industry, the issue of diversity and inclusion has this changed how many now behave. 45% of women and 36% of men agree that seen an increased focus. This has, according to respondents, changed how many now behave. 45% of women and they’ve made changes to their behaviour in the last 12 months. 36% of men agree that they've made changes to their behaviour in the last 12 months. I have changed my behaviour as a result of increased focus on diversity and inclusion LEGEND Female Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Male 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 % of respondents Source: “ At Klarna, we now have over 80 nationalities, with over 55 in our Stockholm HQ alone. I am amazed that we have somehow managed Diversity of thinking and to attract such talented people from across the globe to this small experience fuels innovation city in the north with dark winters. Most of our employees have moved for their job and if the culture is not open or enabling people and drives market growth. to speak their voice and feel like they can make an impact, diversity To put it simply, diverse does not matter alone, if it’s simply not inclusive and people will not teams create better stay or thrive. To scale and stay competitive in the tech industry, we benefit massively from experiences of people from many different products and solutions types of backgrounds in building solutions. Diversity of thinking and experience fuels innovation and drives market growth. To put it simply, diverse teams create better products and solutions.” Sebastian Siemiatkowski Klarna “ By investing outside of the homogeneous networks of traditional venture capital we believe we can make great return and also drive change in society. The key to diversity is giving more entrepreneurs The key to diversity is giving the right keys to grow their companies because it will create new more entrepreneurs the employers, role models and owners.” right keys to grow their Sara Wimmercranz / Susanne Najafi companies because it will Backingminds create new employers, role models and owners. & 38 In Partnership with www.thestateofeuropeantech.com