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Women push for faster gender parity in fintech & tech
Fintech

Women push for faster gender parity in fintech & tech

Senior women across fintech, private equity and cyber call for faster gender parity, urging sponsorship, structural change and bold hiring.

By Kaleah Salmon • 6 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?
Fintech

Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?

Women shape our world, yet lack power over AI systems that govern work, wealth and welfare - where are the true godmothers of AI?.

By Elaine Mullan • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Conifers hires AI leaders to scale CognitiveSOC growth
Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Conifers hires AI leaders to scale CognitiveSOC growth

Conifers adds senior AI leaders Doron Bachar and Elad Hoffer to accelerate CognitiveSOC development and scale its agentic AI SOC platform.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital
Social Media

Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital

Women founders are closing the start-up gap, but with VC still lagging, visibility and public storytelling are now vital growth capital.

By Kavitha Ramaswamy • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Women are 77% of the NHS workforce. So why are they missing from the tech that's supposed to fix it?
Digital Transformation

Women are 77% of the NHS workforce. So why are they missing from the tech that's supposed to fix it?

Women power the NHS but are sidelined in healthtech, leaving the tools meant to transform care shaped in rooms they rarely occupy.

By Amy Davis • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
The weight women carry
Power / Energy

The weight women carry

Women are exhausted not by ambition, but by a system that demands 120% just to exist safely while still denying them equal power.

By Liza Tullidge • 8 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
How female-led healthtech can close the gender gap
Health Technologies

How female-led healthtech can close the gender gap

Women bear the brunt of chronic illness, but a new wave of female-led health tech aims to tackle root causes and close the gender health gap.

By Nora Cavani • 5 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
Why closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship is key to unlocking growth
Zendesk

Why closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship is key to unlocking growth

With women-led start-ups securing just 2.3% of 2024 VC funds, Cristina Fonseca says closing tech's gender gap is vital for growth.

By Cristina Fonseca • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
Carta buys ListAlpha to launch integrated private CRM
Customer Relationship Management

Carta buys ListAlpha to launch integrated private CRM

Carta acquires ListAlpha and launches Carta CRM, unifying front-office relationship tools with back-office fund data for private capital firms.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

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Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t
Risk & Compliance

Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t

Female founders, starved of capital yet rich in resolve, are quietly building tougher, smarter businesses through a whole heap of bullshit.

By Vic Peppiatt and Sarah Daniel • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Pan Macmillan launches AI Academy to upskill staff
Data Analytics

Pan Macmillan launches AI Academy to upskill staff

Pan Macmillan has launched an internal AI Academy with Multiverse, training 20 staff in responsible AI to boost efficiency and reader reach.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation
Quantum Computing

Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation

Australia's quantum future hinges on women's inclusion, with three key shifts urged to boost participation in this strategic technology.

By Petra Andrén • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
How do we patch the leaky bucket of women leaving venture capital?
Human Capital Management

How do we patch the leaky bucket of women leaving venture capital?

One in four women has left venture capital in five years, spurring calls for data-driven fixes to stalled careers and leaky retention.

By Katie Greenshields • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
'I have often been the only woman in the room.' Catherine Birkett on 25 years in tech
Data Analytics

'I have often been the only woman in the room.' Catherine Birkett on 25 years in tech

Veteran tech leader Catherine Birkett reflects on 25 years as 'often the only woman in the room' and why diversity is vital, not optional.

By Catherine Birkett • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
International Women's Day: Accelerating women's leadership in UK tech
ICT sector

International Women's Day: Accelerating women's leadership in UK tech

On International Women's Day, UK tech leaders urge action as just GBP £0.02 of every GBP £1 in equity funding reaches female founders.

By Jennifer Long • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
Investing in women is investing in the future of AI
Fintech

Investing in women is investing in the future of AI

As AI becomes economic infrastructure, starved investment in women founders risks baking bias and fragility into the next tech wave.

By Elizabeth Davis • 5 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
EASI launches 2026 social impact awards for UK founders
Clean technologies

EASI launches 2026 social impact awards for UK founders

EASI opens applications for its 2026 awards, offering a GBP £10,000 grant and year-long support to UK founders driving social impact.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026