Female founder funding up in dollars, down in percentage
Some data from Pitchbook regarding funding by teams with 1) male founder teams, 2) female and male founder teams, and 3) female founder teams.
Another link to save: The US VC Female Founders Dashboard
The Good
Late-stage deals in the U.S. were $330 billion in 2021, nearly double 2020 numbers. Female-only founding teams collected $6.4 billion of that across 217 deals, a record amount.
Female and male founder teams captured 15.6% of total venture cash in 2021, the highest amount since 2017.
The Bad
Female founders got 2% of all U.S. venture capital dollars in 2021โthe lowest percentage since 2016.
2021 was the second year in a row that womenโs percentage of VC funding shrank.
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