<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/closing-the-gender-gap-in-finance.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>08/16/2023</pubDate><title>Closing the Gender Gap in Finance </title><description>Kriti Krishna '18 and Lia Tavarez '20 are working together to make investments more accessible for female entrepreneurs through HearstLab, a a venture fund for women-led startups.</description><author>Kim O'Brien</author><image><img src="/_resources/images/lia-kriti-composite.jpeg" alt="Kriti Krishna '18 and Lia Tavarez '20"/></image><tags><tag>Alumni</tag><tag>Earth and Environmental Science</tag><tag>Entrepreneurship</tag><tag>Government</tag></tags></item>