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Pitch deck diversity, real-life disparity: Why one woman on the exec team isn’t a win

08 Oct 2025
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Despite the DEI pledges in every pitch deck, startup C-suites remain overwhelmingly male dominated — and in some sectors, female leadership is shrinking. So what’s going wrong? Why does representation often concentrate in a limited set of executive roles? How do we fix the gap at the top?