if you look at the statistics, far fewer female entrepreneurs get VC and angel investment for their businesses and I do think this is an issue. There are fewer female entrepreneurs, of course, but I think when you allow for that, there are still far too few female entrepreneurs getting funded. It’s hard to say what the reason is, though my hunch is that there are also far fewer female investors. The fact that we as female entrepreneurs are pitching to men 99% of the time may mean that there is sometimes an unconscious bias.
Orla Shields
Jacob Wolinsky, writing at ValueWalk, quotes Kamma’s (formerly GetRentr) CEO, Orla Shields in the run up to #IWD2019.
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