SXSW 2025
Outliers Outperform: Why Invest in Women & Diverse Teams
Description:
VCs rely on pattern recognition, yet most ignore the fact that women and diverse founders outperform those founded exclusively by men: They return more than twice per dollar invested, 63% better than all-male founding teams, generate 35% higher IRR, and exit faster at double the return. Learn how these ‘hidden figure’ diverse tech founders address unrepresented large markets and see transformational opportunities, innovating new applications of AI and Web3/Blockchain to transform whole ecosystems and industries with a 'triple win' sustainable approach that improves people and the planet.
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Takeaways
- Data Talks: Why investors must rethink assumptions that a white male Stanford dropout is the best bet for tech transformation and outsized returns.
- Better Leaders Better Results: Women & diverse teams have a different “lens” to spot opportunities others miss to transform markets for sustainable tr
- Frontier Tech: Investing in diversity ensures AI safety, ethics, inclusion and solutions to improve the planet and future of work for big returns
Speakers
- Stephan Little, CEO & Managing Partner, Zero Limits Ventures & Zero Limits Capital
- Melinda Wittstock, CEO & Founder, Podopolo
- Jeanne Mariani Sullivan, Chief Inspiration Officer, Sullivan Adventures LLC
- Naseem Sayani, CoFounder & General Parner, Emmeline Ventures
Organizer
Stephan Little, CEO & Managing Partner, Zero Limits Ventures & Zero Limits Capital
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