Investor Elaine Stead says she’s not done banging the drum about Australia’s ‘juvenile’ tech sector.
Venture capital investor Elaine Stead is spearheading a new resource for tackling sexist harassment and discrimination in Australia’s start-up sector in the wake of multiple incidents that have left the local industry reeling., is being released on Monday and is the result of input from hundreds of local technology executives, investors and leaders.
“I think most people in this ecosystem want to do the right thing but some of them don’t know how to do it yet.” Stead said recent highly publicised incidents of alleged inappropriate conduct, which have led to multiple start-up executives resigning, served as a catalyst for the document’s creation. Stead conducted more than 40 interviews with investors and industry leaders.
Founder of climate and tech-focused PR agency Third Hemisphere Hannah Moreno has worked heavily on the document and said it will exist alongside other efforts to date including”I’ve had so many experiences of sexual harassment and abuse that could have materially damaged Third Hemisphere, that I’ve actually lost count,” she said.
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