Female tech founders – what’s the status?

During this lunch we will share experiences being a female founder in tech.

What we’ll discuss:

• What’s different building a startup company for female founders vs male founders?
• Differences between Silicon Valley and Nordic startups?
• Is it more difficult for female founders to raise funding? Or are the statistics due to an underrepresentation of female founders actively raising?
• The importance of role models, networks and relationships. How to cultivate them.

Martina spent 30 years as a marketing and product leader. She started her career working on market-defining software, Microsoft Office and Netscape Navigator. She teaches what she’s learned with SVPG and is a lecturer at UC Berkeley's graduate school of engineering. As a partner at Costanoa Ventures, she sits on multiple boards and coaches startups. She is the author of LOVED: How to Rethink Marketing Tech Products, a #1 Amazon Best Seller. Martina holds a B.A. in Political Science and M.A. in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University. She's a native Californian, mother of two, and proud wife to Chris.