#43 - Women in Tech Special #3: Marta Krupinska. Head of Google for Startups UK

The Tech Leaders Podcast

English - February 15, 2022 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB
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Marta Krupinska is a Tech entrepreneur, diversity advocate, and current Head of Google for Startups UK, alongside a Chair role at Youth Business International.

Recognised by Forbes in 30Under30 in 2016, by Evening Standard as amongst London's Most Influential People 2017 and 2018 and by Forbes as top 60 Female Tech Executives globally, 2018.

As a female founder herself, having founded 3 startups- most notably of a global FinTech money transfer company Azimo which raised $90M+ in funding from top VC firms and serves millions of customers, globally.

Marta is helping to level the playing field for founders in the UK and EMEA with her amazing team at Google. Working with startups and founders with a particular focus on the positive impact of building diverse teams and making the world a better place.

02:45 - Marta’s background
6:05 - How Does Marta Define Success?
07:50 - Diversity of Thinking
11:40 - Diversity with Co-Founders
16:19 - Progress or PR with Women in Tech?
17:45 - What’s Slowing Progress?
21:26 - How To Promote Female Ambition?
26:24 - Youth Business International and what have we got to look forward to from Gen Z?
30:55 - What trends does Marta see from start-ups?
33:30 - What’s Marta working on now?