Saturday, 13 April 2019
It’s recently been confirmed that female-led startup companies get just 10 percent of venture capital investment. And according to the report, it’s not just female leadership that puts investors off, it’s the mere presence of a woman — the report states that having a woman on the pitch team means you will get just a tenth of funding compared to those without. The reality, of course, is far more complex. The report makes clear that the proportion of female-led startups that received investment (4 percent) was roughly the same as those who asked for it (5 percent), so we need…
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