Diversity

Adebanke Adeyemo, director of Black Women in Asset Management, on how the sector’s employers can ensure talented Black women in their organizations thrive and reach the top.

LPs believe greater diversity among teams leads to more cognitive diversity, better decisions and superior investment outcomes, says Jennifer Choi, managing director of industry affairs at the Institutional Limited Partners Association.

Awareness of diversity, equity and inclusion issues has grown worldwide in the venture capital community. Rob Langston reports on new data that shows how the industry is slowly making progress.

LPs have begun to push for diverse investment partners on the back of greater conversations about the lack of diversity within the GP and LP ranks. But it's still not enough.

Co-founder Phil Black describes how the VC firm tracks diversity metrics and works with founders to grow inclusive teams.

Early-stage investor Relevance Ventures wants to educate more Native American-led start-ups about access to capital. The firm says tribal funding and venture can coexist.

Oliver Libby of H/L Ventures discusses why underrepresented VCs cannot be the only pathway to fund underrepresented founders.

BDC Capital has released a report assessing the diversity and inclusion of its direct investment portfolio in Canada.

Drew Rose co-founded Living Security in Austin, Texas with his wife and chief executive Ashley Rose. Fresh off of a $14m Series B financing, he talks about the bias they faced from some investors.

Megan Harris of Astia proposes how to eradicate bias from investing. To do so, she says VCs must first dismantle the current process.