Here we are in 2021 and Australia is still a long way off from reaching gender parity in the business world. Australia’s gender pay gap still sits at 14.2% and no female CEOs were appointed to ASX 200 companies this year.

This carries intoour startup investment habits as well – a BCG/MassChallenge study calculated that startups founded by women averaged $935,000 in funding, less than half the average $2.1 million invested in companies founded by male entrepreneurs.