Our Supporters
Unicorns in Tech works with different companies of all sizes and industries. We support them through the recruiting of LGBTIQ+ Talents, the development of an open and inclusive corporate culture and the organisation of LGBTIQ+ tech events. We also work with media partners and community partners to spread the word about out important work.
Adyen
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Adyen was founded in 2006 by a group of entrepreneurs, including Pieter van der Does and Arnout Schuijff. The existing payments technology consisted of a patchwork of systems built on outdated infrastructure. With the aim of helping businesses grow, the co-founders set out to build a platform capable of meeting the rapidly evolving needs of today’s fast-growing global businesses.
Adyen’s founding team called the business Adyen – Surinamese for “Start over again” – and focused on building a modern infrastructure directly connected to card networks and local payment methods across the world, allowing for unified commerce.
Adyen is the payments platform of choice for the world’s leading companies, delivering frictionless payments across online, mobile, and in-store channels. Our team members are motivated individuals that help each other do remarkable things every day. We face unique technical challenges at scale and we solve those as a team. And together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that transform the way the world pays.
We took an unobvious approach to starting a payments company, building a platform from scratch. Now, Adyen serves the world’s brightest companies like Facebook, Uber, L’Oreal, Casper, Bonobos, and Spotify.
Why we are partner with Unicorns in Tech
LGBTIQ+ friendly policies
Our primary focus and goal is to create a safe environment where all can be heard and seen. An environment where you can be your authentic self. As LGBTQ+ goes beyond Adyen, we also want to use our voice and resources to support the community with global and local partnerships and charities to make a meaningful difference. We provide a copious amount of resources such as ERGs, Gender-Inclusive Bathrooms, Global Pride Event, Educational Resources, and more.
Currently recruiting
Contentful
Berlin, Germany
Contentful is the leading content platform that powers digital experiences for over 30% of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of global brands. Our platform unifies content in a single hub, structures it for use in any digital channel and integrates seamlessly with hundreds of tools through open APIs. It lets developers and content creators work in parallel, increasing team efficiency and happiness. Companies such as Shopify, Staples, Atlassian, Electronic Arts, Chanel, Roche, Vodafone use Contentful to build their mobile and web products, voice-controlled apps and more.
We’re growing rapidly and we have secured over $330 million in funding from top-tier partners such as Tiger Global, Sapphire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, General Catalyst and Benchmark.
More than 750 people from 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful, working from hubs in Berlin, San Francisco, Denver and distributed around the world.
Why we are partner with Unicorns in Tech
LGBTIQ+ friendly policies
- Inclusion & Diversity Working Group
- Protection against LGBT+ discrimination in the Code of Conduct or similar.
- Sanctions in case of discrimination against LGBTIQ+
- No gender-specific dress codes
- Participation in queer public events (CSD/pride/queer street festivals/etc.)
- Gender-inclusive language in official internal communications
- Use of new first names possible before official change of personal status (for door signs, email addresses, etc.)
- Training for employees on how to deal with sexual and gender diversity
- Measures to strengthen LGBTIQ+ health
- Program for allies, e.g., an ambassador program or other measures to promote allyship (allies are supporters of the LGBTIQ+ community)
- Gender-neutral restrooms
Currently recruiting
Delivery Hero
Berlin, Germany
“Welcoming everyone to the table”
We are Delivery Hero, one of Europe’s largest tech platforms with over 10 tech hubs spread across four continents. Founded in 2011, headquartered in Berlin, Delivery Hero now has over 1.3 million partners and local vendors.
At Delivery Hero, diversity and inclusion are deeply ingrained in our company culture and values. Together, they fuel creativity and contribute to a sustainable, thriving business. It is individual experiences, unique mindsets, and new ways of looking at a challenge that drives innovation and creativity. We actively welcome identities of all genders and sexualities, and encourage members of the LGBTQIA+ community to become Heroes.
During 2021, Proud Heroes, our LGBTQIA+ HeroCommunity, spearheaded efforts for Delivery Hero to become a member of the LGBTQIA+ nonprofit Workplace Pride. Thanks to their ongoing commitment to creating an LGBTQIA+ inclusive workplace, our Proud Heroes won several awards in 2021:
• Workplace Pride’s Most Engaged Network
• PROUT AT WORK’s Sustainability Award
• PROUTExecutiveAllies List
• PROUTVoices List
Read more about Proud Heroes here
Read more about our journey to foster Diversity & Inclusion here
Why we are partner with Unicorns in Tech
LGBTIQ+ friendly policies
- Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board
- HeroCommunities ERG (Employee resource groups) – Proud Heroes & Inclusion Champions
- D&I Survey
- Inclusive Workplace Design – gender-neutral restrooms
- Signed the UN Standards of Conduct for Business on Tackling Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, & Intersex People as well as the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. declaration
- Joined the Partnership for Global LGBTQI+ Equality
- Participation in queer public and community events – CSD Berlin
- Trainings – Unconscious Bias, Inclusive Language
Currently recruiting
DKB Code Factory GmbH
Berlin, Germany
At DKB Code Factory we are on an amazing journey to influence the next level banking. For many years Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) has been one of the most successful direct banks in the German speaking regions. As a corporate Innovation-Hub and subsidary we make sure it stays like this. Our teams are currently re-inventing the entire product portfolio: from our front door to web-banking, from mobile banking to brokerage and from internal banking tools to third party solutions. Did you know that we also developed the Miles&More and the Porsche Credit Card App? Well, now you know.
Our teams enjoy a high degree of autonomy when it comes to technologies and tools. We are definitely trying to stay up to date with the latest development trends. But we are not a hyper growth, VC backed and fast scaling StartUp. We don’t want to be, because we also like to enjoy our free time. We care about our code, proper documentation and quality over quantity. And about our people, of course!
Why we are partner with Unicorns in Tech
We want to give more space and attention to the LGBTIQ+ community as we know in direct contact we can encourage you to get in touch with us and give you the room you need to explore if we meet your expectations as your employer.
We have been part of the UiT summit 2022 and met a lot wonderful people with brillant knowledge and want to deepen this connection. Additional, we are learning a lot thorugh the UiT community!
We are convinced that a broad spectrum of views, opinions and experiences, reflected in diverse teams, strengthens our creativity and ability to innovate and makes an essential contribution to our success. We foster a culture of openness, tolerance, respect and appreciation in our work & behavior. We value different personalities, approaches and skills as an enrichment for our company. A broad spectrum of knowledge, opinions and perspectives as well as an open, unprejudiced exchange are desired, encouraged and demanded.
LGBTIQ+ friendly policies
❤️ We signed the German Diversity Charter (Charta der Vielfalt) to support an unbiased working environment. We get support from the association and their network to improve our diversity management.
🧡 Diversity follows several dimensions: age, ethnix origin & nationality, gender, physical & mental ability, religion & worldview, sexual orientation and social background.
💛DKB group also has a diversity survey in which we take part to check how we are doing and measure our proress. Our diversity strategy is on its way, too!
💚 It doesn’t matter how you look & what you wear. May it be piercings & tattoos, different hair styles, heels or barefoot, skirts or dresses or pants, colours or not. What matters: you!
💙 Gender identity: you choose how we should address you.
💜 Let’s Explore! In our regular remote sessions, we educate ourselves about several aspects of diversity and get a better understanding.
🤎 We’re evaluating our LGBT*-friendly progress with UHLALA group’s pride audit every 2 years. we were part of UiT summit 2002, and this year we are first time partner of the unicorns in tech for a year!
🤍 and more
Currently recruiting
ekvip automation GmbH
Leipzig, Germany
ekvip in Leipzig offers PLC programming and worldwide commissioning of industrial machines and units. Our services include programming for various control systems up to troubleshooting during production. In addition, we also develop standard software to increase effectiveness and reusability.
Why we are partners with Unicorns in Tech
Currently recruiting
Senior Developer TwinCAT 3, PLC Programmer / Engineer Automation Technology, Automation Engineer – Nexeed Automation Control Plus, Software Engineer CODESYS, Software Engineer TIA-Protal, Junior PLC Programmer & Commissioning Engineer, Working Student Technical Computer Science
Erasys
Berlin, Germany
Founded in 2001 ROMEO is a social & dating platform for over 3.2 million gay, bi and trans people worldwide. From our office in Berlin, Erasys takes care of technical operation and software development, enabling millions of people to connect on our platform every day.
We are 50 colorful people from over 15 countries, working in Berlin and Amsterdam. Many of us are queer ourselves and proud to connect people all over the world with our cutting edge technology and exciting features.
Why we are partner with Unicorns in Tech
LGBTIQ+ friendly policies
Currently recruiting
INES Analytics
Berlin, Germany
INES Analytics GmbH is a Berlin-based startup within the Weiberwirtschaft in Berlin Mitte
Why we are partner with Unicorns in Tech
LGBTIQ+ friendly policies
Currently recruiting
METRO digital
Berlin, Germany
The world today is largely driven by technology. At METRO.digital, we are driving digitization for one of the leading international wholesalers in the food sector. From e-commerce to POS systems and delivery software, we are working on a wide range of solutions to meet the needs of our users, customers and METRO employees from over 25 countries. With passion and responsibility, we are moving the wholesale industry towards digitalization and using METRO’s long history and expertise in B2B to build a more sustainable market ecosystem.
Why we are partners with Unicorns in Tech
At METRO.digital, we foster diversity and inclusivity. Therefore, we are partnering up with Unicorns in Tech to be able to communicate and have great knowledge exchange with the wonderful tech community.
Nord Security
Berlin, Germany
Nord Security is one of the world’s leading providers of digital security and privacy solutions for businesses and individuals. Following our global mission – to shape a more trusted and peaceful online future for people everywhere, we built a complete ecosystem of advanced cybersecurity products: NordVPN, NordLayer, NordPass, NordLocker, and NordWL. Used by millions of customers worldwide and acknowledged by the most influential tech sites and IT security specialists, our products share the Nord brand and values. As a team, we are FUTURE SHAPERS, RESTLESS ACHIEVERS, SELF-MOVERS, HONEST COMMUNICATORS, and TEAM PLAYERS. Our values define our day-to-day work and life at Nord Security. We take them into consideration when solving challenges and tasks, making decisions, or collaborating with each other.
Why we are partners with Unicorns in Tech
Our LGBTIQ+ friendly policies
- Yearly inclusion week program
- Mentorship program
- Internal training and workshops with our L&D team (individual and team-based learning opportunities on hard and soft skills, like communication, stress management, feedback, and negotiation)
- Hybrid work policy plus flexible working hours
- Physical and mental wellbeing support
Currently recruiting
The HolidayPirates Group
Berlin, Germany
The HolidayPirates Group is the most popular travel brand on social media. Since our inception in 2011, we’ve established ourselves as the preferred search app and portal for millions of travel enthusiasts, explorers, and holiday makers in Europe and North America by providing followers and users with the best value for money travel deals.
The company has grown into an entity that can boast 30 million monthly visits (sessions), 10 million app downloads, close to 11 million Facebook fans and and 2 million Instagram followers and has launched services across 10 countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the UK and the United States) in 7 different languages.
Headquartered in Berlin, the multi-award-winning platform’s editorial team, aided by advanced algorithms, detect the best, and often unique travel deals, from packages, flights, and hotels through to car hire, holiday homes, luxury stays and weekend breaks.
Why we are partners with Unicorns in Tech
Our LGBTIQ+ friendly policies
Inclusion and Diversity:
HolidayPirates welcomes people from all walks of life. To that end, we are taking steps to ensure that the platform and workplace is set up to facilitate a culture of inclusion and diversity for all. Our ultimate purpose is to unlock people’s desire to explore the world, and along the way we want to make sure all our community members feel empowered to do so, regardless of personal attributes such as gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, physical ability and age. This commitment is reflected in our HR policy and communications.
What diversity means to us:
We see diversity as a powerful piece of the organisational puzzle. Diversity is all about how we respect and appreciate the differences between people. More diversity means more ideas, perspectives and strengths upon which to draw. We’re striving to create an environment that nurtures this sense of diversity and grants access to the many benefits it brings.
Our definition of inclusivity:
Inclusivity is the process by which we empower the pirate community to feel comfortable being themselves. We invite people to work with us, or use our platform, safe in the knowledge that they can voice different ideas, opinions and viewpoints in an environment where mutual respect is the driving force.
Currently recruiting
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