The State of Diversity within FinTech & VC, Eileen Burbidge, Founding Partner Passion Capital

Eileen Burbidge is the founding partner of Passion Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund  that has backed FinTech giants including the likes of Monzo, Tide and GoCardless among  others. As part of Mana Search’s event presenting their State of Diversity report, Eileen joins  Lloyd to walk through the homogeneity and inequality within the current Tech and Venture  Capital industries. From the intrinsic gendering of children’s toys, to how to build a team, to the astronomic rise but also war stories with Monzo, and even to fashion trends within VC, this episode has it all.

00:00 - An Introduction to Eileen & to Mana Search’s Diversity Report 

1:43 - Marquee investments made by Eileen

 4:23 - How to build a diverse team 

5:35 - What more recent trends are we seeing within diversity 

9:20 - Heroes and role models for young people 

13:38 - Monzo and Startup CEOs vs Bank Executives 

16:39 - Regulatory scrutiny whilst maintaining creativity 

18:20 - Eileen’s background 

20:15 - Eileen’s Mana 

22:41 - Influences on Eileen’s career 

25:38 - Sexist Cultures and historic workplace misogyny 

27:40 - Gendered children’s clothes & ingrained societal sexism 

32:53 - Diversity within Crypto & Blockchain

 37:15 - Clothing trends and homogeneity within VC 

40:55 - Eileen’s heroes and dream guest