#16: Sextech: why the next big thing in tech is disrupting sex with Cindy Gallop

<p>Cindy Gallop is the founder and CEO of <a href="https://makelovenotporn.com/">MakeLoveNotPorn</a> launched at TED 2009 – ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’.&nbsp;</p> <p>In 2013 she turned MakeLoveNotPorn into the world’s first user-generated, human-curated social sex video-sharing platform, socialising and normalising sex in order to make it easier to talk about, to promote consent, communication, good sexual values and good sexual behaviour. MakeLoveNotPorn is spearheading the <a href="https://socialsexrevolution.com/">Social Sex Revolution</a> (the revolutionary part isn’t the sex, but the social). Given the challenges Cindy has faced finding investors, she is raising the world’s first dedicated sextech fund, <a href="http://www.alltheskyholdings.com/">All the Sky Holdings</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>She speaks at conferences globally and consults, describing her approach as ‘I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of business.’</p> <p>We cover the following in our conversation:</p> <ul> <li>Cindy talks to us about MakeLoveNotPorn and the journey she's been on as a female founder in an entirely new category.</li> <li>Why the next big thing in tech is disrupting sex.</li> <li>Why founders from underrepresented groups are uniquely able to design and build safe spaces on the web.</li> <li>Cindy's experience in fundraising for her startup.</li> <li>What she looks for in her investors.</li> <li>Why we need more women to back female and underrepresented founders.</li> <li>And Cindy talks to us about her vision for creating and launching her $200 million sextech fund.</li> </ul>