Building a more equitable
innovation economy
From anecdote to evidence, improving visibility across the funding pipeline to strengthen evidence, inform decision-making and help address the gender funding gap
Visibility
Evidence
Infrastructure
Despite sustained attention on the gender investment gap, funding outcomes remain heavily concentrated in men-only founding teams.
Australia has increasingly robust data on who receives funding, but limited visibility into how opportunities move through the investment pipeline: who enters, who progresses, where opportunities fall away, and how decisions are made over time.
Without that insight, investors and ecosystem leaders lack the evidence needed to understand where opportunities may be being missed, where barriers emerge and where interventions may be most effective.
The funding gap is visible. The pathways behind it are not.
Co-Designed Through National Ecosystem Engagement
Developed through consultation with investors, LPs, universities, governments and startup ecosystem leaders across Australia.
160+
organisations engaged
5
states represented
6
months of consultation
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Show Us The Data
From anecdote to evidence
Show Us the Data is Equity Clear’s national report exploring the case for better visibility across Australia’s startup funding pipeline, and the proposed pathway towards more consistent pipeline diversity reporting.
Drawing on ecosystem consultation, international models and industry research, the report outlines why Australia needs better visibility into how opportunities move through the investment process - and where founders fall away.
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