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DIVERSITY
DEFINED

Supported by the European Commission, GENDEX aims to create Europe’s first Gender and Diversity Index. Our goal is to enhance diversity in the tech ecosystem, driving growth and aiding decision-making for policymakers and investors.

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Funded by the European Innovation
Council and SMEs Executive Agency

THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE

100 %

of VC funding in Europe goes to women-only teams

100 %

of all leadership positions are covered by women

100 %

of European VC fund partners are women

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

There is a direct relationship between diversity and financial returns:

0 %

Uplift in profitability of exit VC firms with 10% more women partners

1000 x

Revenue per dollar invested in startups with women founders

0 x

More EU founders, if women founded businesses at the same rate as their male counterparts

OUR OBJECTIVES

Enhance the accessibility of all talent, with emphasis on female talent, to the portfolio of projects and companies within the EIC and the wider EU innovation ecosystem.

Develop a Gender and Diversity (G&D) Index, which will encompass a broad spectrum of indicators pertaining not only to gender but also to diversity factors, spanning across all European Member States and the United Kingdom.

Scrutinise the current baseline and tap into numerous data sources, yet it will deliver distinct value by conducting additional primary research at both quantitative and qualitative levels.

Enhance the accessibility of all talent, with emphasis on female talent, to the portfolio of projects and companies within the EIC and the wider EU innovation ecosystem.

Develop a Gender and Diversity (G&D) Index, which will encompass a broad spectrum of indicators pertaining not only to gender but also to diversity factors, spanning across all European Member States and the United Kingdom.

Scrutinise the current baseline and tap into numerous data sources, yet it will deliver distinct value by conducting additional primary research at both quantitative and qualitative levels.

WHO WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT?

Start ups

Scale ups

Corporates

European Innovation Council

Investors

Funding bodies

Market actors

Policy makers

And more...

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