Diversity drive: How to remove the unconcious bias

Gender equality would not be reached until 2040

Mike Sheen
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London-based venture capital firm Fuel Ventures is hoping to improve the diversity represented by the companies it invests in and remove unconscious bias within its investment process by anonymising the founding members of all pitch decks it receives over the next three months.

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