Both sisters are well placed to help nurture new enterprise given their seriously accomplished careers. Marian has a background in engineering . She works specifically on infrastructure and innovation projects and she’s a STEM ambassador. And Anita has been in banking and finance for 20 years currently working for an investment back on projects related to financial planning and strategy. “It’s very male dominated where I work,” Anita says.
, ageism, sexism and racism are all systemic issues that employers across industry need to address. And in the startup and investment world the figures show an undeniable lack of representation.into the diversity deficit in venture capitalism found that women are significantly under represented. The proportion of women in London VC firms was 29% compared to 46% for the working London population. Shockingly 39% of London venture funds had no women at all.
Add to that the additional layer of under representation of ethnic minorities. A survey in the same report found that the VC community in London was predominantly white compared to the proportion of white people in the population. It also found that black VCs were significantly under-represented. So there is clearly a gap that needs to be addressed. Rise Fund N’Go is one of the ways that Marian and Anita are hoping to do that.