Monday, February 7, 2011

Are Venture Capitalists and Business Angels Biased Against Female Entrepreneurs?

Many observers have argued that venture capitalists and business angels are biased against female entrepreneurs. Academics, however, have found those claims hard to substantiate. The main evidence for bias ? that only a small fraction of entrepreneurs receiving venture capital and angel money are women ? is unconvincing. Female entrepreneurs might find it difficult to tap these funding sources because women tend not to start the kinds of businesses that VCs and angels are looking to back, a patternRead More

From Small Business Trends

Are Venture Capitalists and Business Angels Biased Against Female Entrepreneurs?

Cindy Crawford Mariah OBrien Uma Thurman Alice Dodd Kate Walsh

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