Meet Taipei 2025: Are Women Better With Tech Investors? | CONNECTED Money Talks

Women continue to win over investors in deep-tech fields, demonstrating the strengths that female founders bring to the sector. May Tzu-Hui Yang, director of Garage+, and Revital Shpangental, founder and chair of Anemone Ventures, discuss how investors really judge a pitch at this year's Meet Taipei. Featuring: 🎙️ May Tzu-Hui Yang, director of Garage+ 🎙️ Revital Shpangetal, founder and chair of Anemone Ventures 📺 Startups, business and finance trends and economic policy — more on this in the playlist:    • Money Talks | CONNECTED   #CONNECTEDMoneyTalks #MoneyTalks 00:00 Intro to Meet Taipei and guests 01:11 What Garage+ looks for in startups 02:11 Building partnerships for tech SMEs in Taiwan 03:00 Are experiences different for male vs female founders? 03:40 Key strengths of female entrepreneurs 04:24 Gender and the startup environment in Taiwan 05:16 Rising female participation in entrepreneurship programs 06:00 STEM participation gaps among women 06:40 What investors look for in founders 07:13 Why execution matters for early founders 08:00 Confidence gaps between male and female founders 09:20 Leadership qualities beyond gender 10:01 Coaching vs investing: different pressures 11:00 Why female-led teams get less VC funding 13:20 What VCs look for in a strong pitch 14:20 Communication and coachability as strengths 15:00 Why fewer female founders affects statistics 16:00 Do women see entrepreneurship as a good career? 17:19 Why many women start businesses later 19:00 How to judge if young founders are ready 20:14 Execution tests for early-stage entrepreneurs 21:00 Lessons from triathlons and entrepreneurship 23:00 Why it’s okay for startups to fail or pivot 24:00 Why fewer AI companies come to Taiwan now 25:20 Hot sectors for foreign startups in Taiwan 26:20 Energy, water, agriculture & healthcare opportunities 27:00 What stood out at Meet Taipei this year 28:20 Young Spark: student-led startup demos 28:40 Dragon Chamber and foreign founder pitches #WomenInBusiness Find us on socials: Instagram:   / connected.taiwanplus   Threads: https://www.threads.com/@connected.ta... Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/connectedtwp... More news stories from TaiwanPlus News: Facebook:   / taiwanplusnews   YouTube:    / @taiwanplusnews   Twitter/X:   / taiwanplusnews   Website: https://www.taiwanplus.com