Dynamic Business Feature: Women’s Day: Spotlight on Sexist Investor Questions

Dynamic Business is one of Australia’s longest-running outlets dedicated to entrepreneurs and business leaders. For over 25 years, Dynamic Business has been informing Australian SMEs and startups with content from business leaders, entrepreneurs and other leading SMEs. Each week, Dynamic Business emails the latest business news to ~40,000 subscribers and consistently reaches 30,000-60,000 business visitors per month from across Australia, the USA, India and Asia.

As part of their 2025 International Women’s Day coverage, they asked female founders to share their real experiences of trying to raise venture capital funding within male dominated financial teams. Here, some of the founders discuss some of the most inappropriate or sexist investor questions they’ve received.

Dr Louise Metcalf’s story stood out for its brutal honesty - and clever response.

In the article, topics discussed for International Womens’ Day were:

• Sexism in fundraising

• Gender bias in tech

• Resilience as a female founder

These stories shine a light on the everyday discrimination women face in business - especially in the world of startups and investment. Louise’s voice adds pressure for change, and shows other women they’re not alone in the fight.

Read the full article on Dynamic Business

Excerpt from article:

“One appalling question I’ve encountered was, ‘When will you hire a man to run the company?’ This highlights the pervasive stereotype that only men are suited for business leadership – a notion as outdated as it is inaccurate.”

- Dr Louise Metcalf