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25 April 2019 17:30-20:00Invest Stockholm

Women & Funding

How to work against the bias amongst investors

Are you a female founder? Are you currently looking for funding or planning to? 
Have you stumbled when asked a tricky question from an investor?
Would you like to arm yourself with knowledge so that you can be more confident when dealing with investors?

Last year, less than 1% of Sweden's venture capital went to female-founded startups. Research suggests that female founders get asked different types of questions than their male counterparts.

Researcher Mark A Conley, who has become well known for his research published in *We Ask Men to Win and Women Not To Lose , will explain to us why bias against women occurs and help us troubleshoot ways in which women can deal with these situations. 

Join us to learn how to navigate around gender bias amongst investors and take back your power.

You can get a taste of Mark's research by watching this TED Talk presented by his co-researcher Dana Kanze

*(Kanze, Huang, Conley & Higgins 2018 in Academy of Management Journal; Kanze, Huang, Conley & Higgins, 2017 in HBR)

You should attend our event if you are:

An entrepreneur
Looking for a Co-Founder or to join a team
Working in the technology sector or looking to move into it
Working with a startup or interested in working for one
An investor looking to meet with founders
A founder looking for investment
Looking to expand your professional network
Looking for a mentor
Interested in being a mentor, sponsor advisor, connector

Join us April 25th 17:30 -20:30


Schedule:

17:30 - Registration & pre-mingle
18:00 - Fireside chat with Mark A. Conley & Sonja Nasehi
18:35 - Troubleshooting your issues against the bias
19:00 - Pitches & feedback
19:30 - Networking
20:00 - Wrap-up

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So many fabulous & inspiring people attend our events which include entrepreneurs, investors, corporates and institutions. FemTech Sweden offers a dynamic audience amongst a supportive community. Don't be shy, get to know each other and work out ways in which you can cooperate. 

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Speakers

Sonja Nasehi
Founder, Mojo Stocks

Founder of Mojo Stocks, Sonja is a 25 year old human with a background in mobile app project management, bank consulting and startups. She is passionate about balancing out access to knowledge. 

Sonja will discuss her personal experiences when she was faced with bias from investors and how through Mark's insight, she has learned to promote herself rather than defend herself.

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Mark A. Conley
Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics

Mark A. Conley has become well known for his research published in *We Ask Men to Win and Women Not To Lose . He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the House of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). His PhD is in Psychology from Columbia University where he collaborated closely with Columbia Business School on research in entrepreneurship and innovation. 

Mark continues to research the psychological and motivational causes of important organizational behavior outcomes, specifically in venture capital. Mark teaches business Master’s students the statistical and methodological underpinnings of field experiments.

*(Kanze, Huang, Conley & Higgins 2018 in Academy of Management Journal; Kanze, Huang, Conley & Higgins, 2017 in HBR)

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Organized by

FemTech Sweden@femtech.se@FemTechSEinfo@femtechse.com

FemTech Sweden is a community-based network for women and non-binaries in technology and entrepreneurship. We aim to highlight the professional achievements of these groups no matter which stage in their career they are at. By collaborating with a variety of industry partners & key players, we encourage and assist our network in reaching their goals. 

We provide support and networking opportunities to those who are starting a new business adventure, looking for a career change or mentorship. FemTech Sweden is an all-inclusive community which we believe is imperative in order to get closer to achieving gender-diverse organizational structures in the technology sector. 

We encourage male supporters to attend our events by offering a way in which they can assist our network; whether it be as an investor, sponsor, mentor, advisor or connector.