03.3 Accelerating Change There are, of course, reasons to be optimistic about the possibility of achieving positive change in the European tech ecosystem. In the last 12 months, for example, there has been strong momentum around initiatives There are, of course, reasons to be optimistic about the possibility of achieving positive change in the European focused on improving Diversity & Inclusion in the European tech ecosystem. tech ecosystem. In the last 12 months, for example, there has been strong momentum around initiatives focused In the UK alone, Diversity VC has identified 28 separate initiatives that are all on improving Diversity & Inclusion in the European tech ecosystem. In the UK alone, Diversity VC has identiïed 28 tackling diversity and inclusion in various different ways. separate initiatives that are all tackling diversity and inclusion in various different ways. Type of Short description URL Selected Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives in Initiative the UK AllBright Angel group Angel group and co-working club focussed on female founders https://www.allbrightcollective.com/ Angel Academe Angel group Angel group focused on female founders & angels http://www.angelacademe.com/ Astia Angels Angel group Angel group focused on female founders & angels http://astia.org/astia-angels/ Rare Seed Capital Angel group Angel group focused on BAME invetsors https://www.rareseedcapital.com/ 23 Code Street Coding school Teaching women in the UK and India http://www.23codestreet.com/ One Tech Collective / Focussing on promoting entreprenrship to BAME / female http://capitalenterprise.org/one- network entrepreneurs tech/ Hustle Crew Community Community for entrepreneurial women of colour http://www.hustlecrew.co/ People of Color in Tech Community Community for entrepreneurial people of colour https://peopleofcolorintech.com/ Techish Community Podcast / community showcasing diverse tech rolemodels http://www.techishpod.com/ YSYS Community Community group of diverse entrepreneurs https://www.thisisysys.com/ Accelerate Her Company Born out of Founders Forum, consulting fast growth tech https://accelerateher.co/#/ companies Inclusive Boards Company Helping recruit more ethnically diverse boards http://www.inclusiveboards.co.uk/ Success Talks Event series Platform and event series showcasing diverse speakers http://www.success-talks.co.uk/ Jane VC Fund Fund focused on female founders https://www.janevc.com/ Merian Ventures Fund Fund focused on female founders https://www.merianventures.com/ Voulez Capital Fund Fund focused on female founders https://www.voulez-capital.com/ Backstage Capital Fund / Accelerator in the UK focussed on LGBT, people of colour and https://backstagecapital.com/ Accelerator female founders Divinc Incubator Young Enterprise focused on inner city schools http://wearedivinc.com/ Muslamic Makers Meet-up group Meet-up group for Muslims in Tech https://muslamicmakers.com/ 50/50 Pledge Network A pledge for events and conferences to be 50:50 represented http://www.5050pledge.com/ FemStreet Newsletter Start-ups / VC https://www.femstreet.com/ 30% Club Non-proït Dedicated to increasing women on boards https://30percentclub.org/ Code First: Girls Non-proït Non-proït teaching women how to code and helping them get work https://www.codeïrstgirls.org.uk/ in tech companies Color in Tech Non-proït Non-proït promoting a fairer tech industry https://www.colorintech.org/ DevelopHer Non-proït Non-proït social enterprise promoting women in technology https://developher.org/ Dot Everyone Non-proït Focused on tech companies https://doteveryone.org.uk/ Level 20 Non-proït Focused mainly on women in the Private Equity and LP community https://www.level20.org/ Fearless Futures Training group Training focussed on Social Justice http://www.fearlessfutures.org/ Note: This list is illustrative and not exhaustive. If you would like to Source: add your initiatives to this list, please contact us at [email protected] and we will update the list. Our users are at the core of everything we do, and we’ve hired a diverse team to reflect our growing customer base. Sharmadean Reid Beautystack & 42 In Partnership with www.thestateofeuropeantech.com