--- title: Empowering Female Founders description: Anthemis places diversity, equity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do. As we lean more fully into our own efforts, we are inspired to share ... --- [![anthemis-logo](https://resources.anthemis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/anthemis/anthemis-logo/anthemis-logo.png?width=142&height=22&name=anthemis-logo.png "anthemis-logo")](https://www.anthemis.com) ##### [about      ](https://www.anthemis.com/about/)[invest      ](https://www.anthemis.com/invest/)[build     ](https://www.anthemis.com/build/)[explore](https://www.anthemis.com/explore/)     [news      ](https://www.anthemis.com/news/)[insights      ](https://www.anthemis.com/insights/)[careers      ](https://www.anthemis.com/careers/)[contact](https://www.anthemis.com/contact/) ![divider-grey-incl-3000x30px-space-top-trans](https://resources.anthemis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/divider-grey-incl-3000x30px-space-top-trans.png?width=3000&name=divider-grey-incl-3000x30px-space-top-trans.png "divider-grey-incl-3000x30px-space-top-trans") ![whitepaper-plant-bg-10](https://resources.anthemis.com/hubfs/anthemis/anthemis-landingpage-images/whitepaper-plant-bg-10.jpg "whitepaper-plant-bg-10") ![Anthemis - Empowering Female Founders (Whitepaper)](https://resources.anthemis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Anthemis-Empowering-Female-Founders-Cover.jpg?width=1310&height=1897&name=Anthemis-Empowering-Female-Founders-Cover.jpg "Anthemis - Empowering Female Founders (Whitepaper)") # Download our white paper on 'Empowering female founders – Moving from a Vicious Cycle to a Virtuous Cycle' Anthemis places diversity, equity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do. As we lean more fully into our own efforts, we are inspired to share what we have learned. In the first white paper, within Anthemis’ series on diversity, equity and inclusion in financial services, we unpack the challenges as we see them and offer practical solutions on collective ways to empower female founders and move from a vicious cycle to a virtuous cycle. Within the white paper, we reveal:  - Progress made by women in financial services in recent years, while also emphasizing that these gains do not diminish persistent gaps in pay and equity—particularly at the highest levels of leadership. - Stories from within the ecosystem that illustrate the personal and professional impact of gender discrimination. - A roadmap for change, which takes into account all parts of the investment cycle. ![whitepaper-plant-bg-10-bottom](https://resources.anthemis.com/hubfs/anthemis/anthemis-landingpage-images/whitepaper-plant-bg-10-bottom.jpg "whitepaper-plant-bg-10-bottom") --- ## About Anthemis  Anthemis cultivates change in financial services by investing in, growing and sustaining businesses committed to improving the world. We are founded on three guiding principles — authentic collaboration, virtuous cycle outcomes, and diversity and inclusivity — and our deep understanding of markets and models, passion for emerging technology and values inspire everything we do. By creating fertile ground for a diverse group of startups, investors, entrepreneurs, institutions, academics and visionaries to converge, we believe we can solve the financial services world’s most pressing challenges faster, better and for the benefit of all. #### Offices [London 3rd Floor, 25 Soho Square, London, W1D 3QR, UK](https://goo.gl/maps/WiY4mJPhUbh4Hagy7)+44 20 3653 0100 [New York 122 Hudson, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013, USA](https://www.google.com/maps/place/122+Hudson+St+3rd+Floor,+New+York,+NY+10013,+USA/@40.7200561,-74.0104652,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c259f56bd2e1c9:0x1507f1f8d7060c9f!8m2!3d40.7200561!4d-74.0082765!5m1!1e2?shorturl=1) + 1 646 757 1310 #### [**Luxembourg** 15, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg](https://goo.gl/maps/bZGoUAHtiPv) [**Geneva** Quai de l’Ile 13, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland](https://goo.gl/maps/K4kiVZpenz82)   Contact **General information** [› info@anthemis.com](mailto:info@anthemis.com) **Media & speaking opportunities** [› marketing@anthemis.com](mailto:marketing@anthemis.com) **Venture Studio** [› foundry@anthemis.com](mailto:foundry@anthemis.com) **Startups** [› How to Pitch Us!](https://www.anthemis.com/contact/#how-to-pitch-us) **Investor relations** [› ecosystemteam@anthemis.com](mailto:ecosystemteam@anthemis.com) **People** [› people@anthemis.com](mailto:people@anthemis.com) **Jobs** [› at Anthemis](https://www.anthemis.com/careers/) [› at portfolio companies](https://jobs.anthemis.com/)   --- #### © 2020 anthemis. [Site Notice](https://www.anthemis.com/site-notice/), [Privacy Policy](https://www.anthemis.com/privacy-policy/), [Cookie Policy](https://www.anthemis.com/cookie-policy/), Design: [svenkils.com](https://www.svenkils.com/) [![HF_monogram_bw](https://resources.anthemis.com/hubfs/HF_monogram_bw.png)](https://www.hacking.finance/)