Winequity

WinEquity is a new player in innovation that places gender diversity, a proven factor of overperformance, at the heart of its investment strategy. This Venture Capital Company aims to take minority stakes in ambitious startups that include at least one woman in the founding team. Launched in partnership with the Femmes Business Angels network, and led by a team of experienced entrepreneur-investors, WinEquity also focuses on shareholder diversity (more than 50% female investors and one-third of shareholders under 30 years old) to invest in and support the companies in its portfolio. WinEquity, a newly-launched venture capital corporation, believes diversity is a powerful driver of performance. It is investing minority stakes in female-founded, ambitious start-ups in France. Created by a team of entrepreneurs and successful investors in partnership with Femmes Business Angels (the only all-female BA network in France and the largest in Europe), WinEquity is a new force for innovation, providing capital and mentorship, and placing diversity at the core of its thesis for seed investment. Over fifty percent of WinEquity's shareholders are women and a third are under the age of 30.