Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives & Resources
The initial list of initiatives below was sourced via the Atomico 2018 State of European Tech report, although this has now been expanded.
| Name / Link | Type of Initiative | Short description |
|---|---|---|
| POC In Play | Initiative | The racial equity and inclusion movement for video games |
| A Vision for Women in VR | Initiative | A collective visionary document challenging gender imbalance in the creative industries and tech |
| AllBright | Angel group | Angel group and co-working club focussed on female founders |
| Angel Academe | Angel group | Angel group focused on female founders & angels |
| Astia Angels | Angel group | Angel group focused on female founders & angels |
| Rare Seed Capital | Angel group | Angel group focused on BAME investors |
| 23 Code Street | Coding school | Teaching women in the UK and India |
| One Tech | Collective / network | Focussing on promoting entreprenrship to BAME / female entrepreneurs |
| Hustle Crew | Community | Community for entrepreneurial women of colour |
| People of Color in Tech | Community | Community for entrepreneurial people of colour |
| Techish | Community | Podcast / community showcasing diverse tech rolemodels |
| YSYS | Community | Community group of diverse entrepreneurs |
| Accelerate Her | Company | Born out of Founders Forum, consulting fast growth tech companies |
| Inclusive Boards | Company | Helping recruit more ethnically diverse boards |
| Success Talks | Event series | Platform and event series showcasing diverse speakers |
| Jane VC | Fund | Fund focused on female founders |
| Merian Ventures | Fund | Fund focused on female founders |
| Voulez Capital | Fund | Fund focused on female founders |
| Backstage Capital | Fund / Accelerator | Accelerator in the UK focussed on LGBT, people of colour and female founders |
| Divinc | Incubator | Young Enterprise focused on inner city schools |
| Muslamic Makers | Meet-up group | Meet-up group for Muslims in Tech |
| 50/50 Pledge | Network | A pledge for events and conferences to be 50:50 represented |
| FemStreet | Newsletter | Start-ups / VC |
| 30% Club | Non-profit | Dedicated to increasing women on boards |
| Code First: Girls | Non-profit | Non-profit teaching women how to code and helping them get work in tech companies |
| Color in Tech | Non-profit | Non-profit promoting a fairer tech industry |
| DevelopHer | Non-profit | Non-profit social enterprise promoting women in technology |
| Dot Everyone | Non-profit | Focused on tech companies |
| Level 20 | Non-profit | Focused mainly on women in the Private Equity and LP community |
| Fearless Futures | Training group | Training focused on Social Justice |
