Lighter Capital CEO Melissa Widner
Funding

Why subjectivity could be the issue when it comes to VCs backing female founders

- June 21, 2024 < 1 MIN READ

The media depicts a depressing state, but is this painting an accurate picture? The 60 funds we surveyed (please let us know if we missed yours) 1835i, Black Sheep Capital, Folklore Ventures, Macdoch Ventures, Shearwater Capital, Tenacious Ventures, Airtree, Brandon Capital, Galileo Ventures, Main Sequence, Side Stage Ventures, Giant Leap, Marbruck Investments, Significant Early Venture… Read more »

Sexual Harassment At Workplace.
Women in tech

Tech is now the preferred method for blokes to harass women at work

- April 30, 2024 4 MIN READ

Sexual harassment is often considered to be a person-to-person act, but new research shows Australians are also experiencing and perpetrating workplace harassment in large numbers through technology. Our latest study shows one in seven Australian adults surveyed reported having engaged in workplace tech-based sexual harassment. One in eight reported having engaged in both tech-based and… Read more »

Women in tech

Bro 2.0: Australian tech’s problem with investing in women includes how much they’re paid

- March 2, 2024 10 MIN READ

There’s no I in team, the saying goes, and according to Atlassian’s gender gap pay figures, no W either. The difference between base salaries for men and women at the software company, reported to the federal government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) report, released this week, show the blokes are paid 17.4% more as a… Read more »