The technology space could be described as “male-dominated.” For this reason, Business Insider UK decided to do a tribute to women who managed to make a name for themselves in a very competitive (“male”) market.
Some of them have invested in some of the fastest growing companies around the world, while others have decided to take the reins in their own hands and found their own startup.
See below some of the women who managed to make their name "big" in the technology field:
10. Eileen Burbidge – Passion Capital
Eileen Burbidge founded Passion Capital in 2011 with Stefan Glaenzer and Robert Dighero. Since then, their firm has made several successful investments in London-based companies, including DueDil, GoCardless, GoSquared and Smarkets.
In the past, Eileen has worked for Apple, Yahoo, Skype, and Sun Microsystems.
9. Sonali De Rycker – Accel Partners
Accel Partners is one of London's most well-known venture capital firms and Sonali is one of the most experienced in her field, having worked for over 14 years in the startup investment space.
She began her career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs, while in 2000 she worked at Atlas Venture.
8. Roxanne Varza – Microsoft France
Roxanne Varza is the head of Microsoft's startup relations team in France, as well as the Bizspark and Microsoft Ventures programs. She is also active in the UK, helping English startups, as well as co-founder of the European, informative, technology site tech.eu.
7. Avid Larizadeh – Google Ventures
Avid Larizadeh is the only female member of Google Ventures’ recent expansion into Europe. She previously founded fashion retail company Boticca and currently works in product management roles at Skype and eBay. She is also an investor at Accel Partners.
6. Joanna Shields – Digital Economy
Joanna Shields is one of the most well-known women in the tech industry in the English capital. She started working in the field in 1989, as a product manager at Silicon Valley company Efi.
In 1997, she became CEO of video streaming company Veon, which Philips acquired in 2000. She then took the position of Managing Director of Google in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
In 2006, she became president of Bebo, where she oversaw the sale of the company to AOL for $850 million. In 2009, she was hired by Sheryl Sandberg to run Facebook in Europe. In 2012, she worked with British Prime Minister David Cameron and is his Digital Advisor.
Find out which ones make the top ten at: news.gr
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