Funding gap, gender bias against female founders persist in South-east Asia
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KATHERINA-OLIVIA Lacey, co-founder of Singapore-based startup Quincus, is one of the few female founders in the supply-chain sector here - and she is more than familiar with the biases that women entrepreneurs can face.
"When first starting out, some investors did not see me as equal to my male co-founder; there've been many stories where I wasn't (seen as) part of the leadership," recounted Lacey, who is the startup's chief product officer.
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