In Europe, according to data provider PitchBook, women with male co-founders won 27.8 per cent of capital invested, falling to less than 1 per cent for women-only founder teams in 2024. In the US, the figures were 23.6 per cent and just under 2 per cent respectively.
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Wanted: more female voices in venture finance
The lack of funding for women-led start-ups is both well-known and obstinately low
Would more women joining the ranks of venture financing help to address the lack of funding faced by female-led early-stage companies?
“Bottom line is, if you have more women in venture, you will have more female founders funded,”
argues Kinga Stanislawska, co-founder of...
and of European Women in VC, a community of female investors.
