Capital Brief: Australia’s VC ecosystem gets serious about gender equity

Published by: Capital Brief

Published: 19 June 2026

Following the launch of Show Us the Data, Capital Brief’s Bronwen Clune took a deeper look at the origins of Equity Clear and the problem the National Reporting Standards are designed to address.

The feature traces Equity Clear’s evolution from voluntary disclosure of final funding outcomes towards a national effort to create consistent, comparable reporting across investment pipelines.

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