“I actually never really experienced gender discrimination in most of my corporate career. The first time I experienced it was when I became a tech founder,” said So-Young Kang.
Wait, what?? Here are some other startling stats to mull over:
- Only 2.3% of female-led start-ups received VC funding in 2020. (source: crunchbase news)
- Women-led start-ups achieve 35% higher ROI than their male counterparts (source: women in tech statistics, 2021)
In episode 2 of Credit Suisse’ The Game Changers, #SheTalks series, So-Young Kang, American globetrotter and founder of micro-learning app, Gnowbe, shares her story in dealing with unconscious bias and gender profiling in the tech start-up world. She highlights how female representation has helped deliver higher company performance and innovative approaches to problem solving. And in spite of the challenges of raising money as a female founder, she’s confident that we can work at promoting better gender diversity in tech by countering unconscious bias with a conscious effort.
Especially for my friends (both male and female) working and leading in the tech space, this one’s for you. https://www.credit-suisse.com/sg/en/entrepreneurs/game-changers.html