The gender gap in Israel’s startups is slowly narrowing, with women now accounting for 35 percent of all jobs.
A report published by Start-Up Nation Policy Institute to mark International Women’s Day shows the number of women in startups is increasing, albeit slowly, up from 33.4 percent in 2021.
Still, women account for just 16 percent of senior (C-level or C-suite) positions, and just seven percent of CTO (chief technical officers) positions. They fare best in senior roles as CMOs – chief marketing officers – at 35 percent.
The findings are based on a database of all LinkedIn employees in Israel’s hi-tech sector.
Women are more successful in hi-tech’s impact sectors – those with a social or environmental impact, which also happen to be some of the fastest-growing industries in Israel.
The alternative protein sector, for example, raised over $1 billion of investment in the last two years, second only to the USA.
“More women choose to be integrated into impact sectors – like alternative proteins, which have a higher percentage of female CEOs,” says Yam Atir, VP Strategy and Policy for Start-Up Nation Policy Institute, the think-tank that strengthens Israeli innovation through policy recommendations.
“Based on our data, we know that these sectors will continue to grow. And because we know these sectors will continue to grow, we expect – and hope – that more women will have a role in these industries in the future.”
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