Communities

Diversity in tech, entrepreneurship & VC

The Baltics

The first mentorship and tech content sessions programme in Lithuania dedicated to helping women start and accelerate their careers in the IT and engineering sectors.

The first community in Latvia dedicated to educating and inspiring girls & women about technology. When girls develop digital skills, they are empowered to become architects of the future.

An Estonian non-profit organisation with a vision to inspire, educate and encourage women and girls in technology and IT. We think the world needs a more diverse group of people taking part in developing new technological solutions.

Worldwide

A non-profit that aims to increase diversity in tech by making female role models in tech more visible.

A global community of ambitious entrepreneurs, investors and executives that has created its own fund to help close the gap on female funding.

A friendly, welcoming and collaborative community of women in UX, with a growing number of local groups based in cities worldwide (including 12 across Europe).

Volunteer-run organisation hosting hundreds of events across Europe and beyond teaching women to build their first web application using HTML, CSS, Python and Django.

An international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. They have a series of meetups and/or a Facebook group for most countries in Europe (as well as elsewhere across the world).

Non-profit dedicated to educating, equipping and empowering women and girls with the necessary skills to succeed in STEM career fields. Their work includes education in schools as well as mentoring, incubation and acceleration camps, networking events and research. Events are located across Europe.

A not-for-profit organisation dedicated to building a community for women in fintech and payments in Europe, which organises local networking evenings, workshops, annual events, awards and research.

An international movement organising networking events for female entrepreneurs with European chapters in Algarve, Barcelona, Graz, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Berlin, London and Utrecht.

A community of senior women investors from across Europe (managing partners, founders of VC funds and business angels). Their mission is to strengthen the presence of women in the VC industry in Europe.

Began as a newsletter for female founders and investors, and has grown into a global community, with events in the US and Europe, and an invite-only Slack community for active newsletter readers. 

An international platform bringing together individuals, teams and organisations from around the globe to gain leadership, innovation and STEAM skills through focused sprints, one step at a time.

A community-driven initiative bringing empowerment, knowledge and active collaboration via education, research, events (across Europe and beyond) and blogging.Their mission is to increase female representation and participation in artificial intelligence.

A new platform which aims to support women in tech — through educational podcasts, networking and working with industry stakeholders — and reach an equal gender balance in tech by 2050.

Connects talented diverse people to the right opportunities in tech

Aspiring VCs

A Slack community of pre-partner VCs to share industry insights, dealflow and best practice.

A Slack community for tech entrepreneurs and VCs, with a specific channel dedicated to dealflow.

A digital education platform run by Augmentum Fintech

A Slack community & a global collective of nearly 4,000 young leaders all over the world - connected by VC, entrepreneurship, and a desire to learn and grow together.

A Slack community for anyone in VC interested in discussing, learning and taking climate action together.

8 Weeks fellowship with top VCs and cherry-picked aspiring VCs.

Resources curated by Change Ventures. If you have any other resources to add to this list, please tweet us @changeventures or email info@changeventures.com.