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More women in venture capital doesn’t mean more funding for female-led businesses, new research suggests − here’s why

Written by Lei (Jeremy) Xu, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Venture capital plays an important role in helping new businesses get off the ground. The field also has a stubborn gender gap.

More than 4 in 5 partners at U.S.-based venture capital firms are men, surveys and research show. Perhaps relatedly, VC firms overwhelmingly direct their funds to man-led businesses: In 2023, only about 1 in 4 VC funds were...

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