The ecosystem view
Better data for better decisions.
Evidence about the opportunities and barriers affecting women-led businesses at scale.
VentureEQ
VentureEQ × The Gender Index Australia
Know how you lead. Build with greater confidence.
Through our partnership with The Gender Index Australia, VentureEQ is offering eligible women founders a free founder assessment.
Discover how you naturally operate, the strengths you bring to your business and the development opportunities that could help you lead, grow and scale.
No pass or fail. No “perfect” founder profile. Just practical insight designed around you.
Complimentary founder assessmentFor eligible women founders through TGI Australia
The partnership
From understanding the landscape to supporting the founder.
The Gender Index Australia creates a rigorous, data-led picture of women-led businesses across Australia — where they are, how they perform and what happens as they attempt to grow.
VentureEQ brings the focus to the person behind each business.
A shared purpose
Two complementary perspectives.
The founder view
Practical insight for the person behind the venture.
Practical self-awareness that can help an individual founder make better-informed decisions about leadership, teams and growth.
An assessment cannot remove every structural barrier. But it can give founders clearer language for their strengths, greater awareness of potential blind spots and a more informed view of the support they may need next.
Founder insight
Your business is unique. So is the way you build it.
Your VentureEQ assessment is designed to help you better understand:
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Decisions & uncertainty
How you naturally approach decisions and uncertainty
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Your founder strengths
The strengths you bring to building and leading a business
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Your best conditions
The conditions in which you are most likely to perform at your best
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Patterns under pressure
Behaviours that may become less effective under pressure
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Complementary support
Where a co-founder, adviser or leadership team could complement you
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Development priorities
Practical priorities for your continued development
The process
Practical insight in four simple steps.
Access your complimentary assessment
Follow the partnership link and create your VentureEQ account.
Complete the assessment
Respond to a structured series of questions about how you naturally operate as a founder.
Receive your personalised report
Explore your strengths, behavioural tendencies and development opportunities in clear, practical language.
Decide what comes next
Use your insights for personal reflection, mentoring, team development or conversations with trusted advisers and investors.
Founder-first by design
Your insight. Your choice.
VentureEQ has been built around a founder-first philosophy.
You control your results.
Your results belong to you. You decide whether you want to keep them private or share them with a co-founder, mentor, adviser, programme or investor.
Information for your decisions.
VentureEQ does not attempt to predict your success or replace human judgement. It gives you better information with which to make your own decisions.
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Eligibility
Who is the offer for?
This complimentary assessment is available to eligible women founders accessing VentureEQ through The Gender Index Australia.
Freethrough the partnership
Whether you are developing an idea, building your first team, preparing to raise capital or navigating the pressures of scale, the assessment can help you better understand the person at the centre of the venture: you.
Developing an ideaBuilding a teamPreparing to raise capitalNavigating scale
Free for eligible women founders. Your results remain under your control.
Our partners
Two perspectives. One shared ambition.
VentureEQ
Insight into the founder.
VentureEQ is a founder intelligence platform designed to help founders better understand how they operate, lead, create growth and respond under pressure.
By combining structured behavioural assessment with clear, practical reporting, VentureEQ turns founder insight into better conversations, more focused development and better-informed decisions.
Building better founders. Building better investment decisions.
Visit VentureEQ ↗Evidence about the landscape.
The Gender Index Australia is a national, data-led initiative building the first consistent, large-scale view of female-led businesses across Australia.
Its research helps financial institutions, policymakers, investors and the wider business community better understand the contribution, performance and growth of women-led businesses.
Visit The Gender Index Australia ↗The landscape
Better data reveals the gap. Better founder support helps address it.
Women make up a substantial part of Australia’s entrepreneurial community, particularly among sole traders and younger businesses. But their representation falls as businesses become larger and more established.
The Gender Index Australia’s 2026 national research identifies the potential opportunity associated with bringing female entrepreneurship to parity with male entrepreneurship.
additional jobs associated with closing the entrepreneurship gap
in combined annual wages and government tax revenue
Source: The Gender Index Australia, Australia Gender Index Report 2026. These are estimates associated with entrepreneurship parity.
Explore The Gender Index Australia research ↗Questions, answered
Frequently asked questions.
Is the assessment really free?
Yes. The assessment is free for eligible women founders accessing VentureEQ through The Gender Index Australia partnership.
Is this a test of whether I am suited to entrepreneurship?
No. There is no pass or fail and no perfect founder profile. The assessment is designed for reflection and development, not to judge whether you can succeed.
What will I receive?
You will receive a personalised report covering your strengths, behavioural tendencies and development opportunities in clear, practical language.
Will my results be shared?
Your results remain under your control. You decide whether you keep them private or share them with a co-founder, mentor, adviser, programme or investor.
Is this a psychological or clinical assessment?
No. This is a developmental founder assessment, not a psychological, medical or clinical assessment. It does not diagnose, predict success or replace professional advice.
What stage does my business need to be at?
The offer is intended for eligible women founders across different stages, from developing an idea through to building a team, preparing to raise capital or navigating scale.
Get started
Get started with greater clarity.
Understand the strengths you already bring, identify where support could make the greatest difference and approach your next stage of growth with greater clarity.
Your VentureEQ founder assessment is free through The Gender Index Australia partnership.
Free for eligible women founders. Your results remain under your control.