Why Do Women Need Funding?

Let’s start with the facts - always a good place to start:

Women make up 49.7% of the world’s population (Source).

Share of women in C-suite roles falls for first time in two decades in 2023 (Source).

In 2023, women-founded startups accounted for 2% or less of venture capital (VC) funding invested in Europe and the United States (Source).

Underrepresented Women get even less; VC funding for Black, Latino startups plummeted in 2023 (Source).

Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs — and It Affects How Much Funding They Get. Spoiler alert: Women get A LOT LESS (Source).

The gender wealth gap is largest between men and women who have never been married. In this group, women had 34 cents per $1 of men’s wealth (Source).

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