Top 15 States Where Female Entrepreneurs Are Likely To Win Investment

Venture funding in the U.S. reached $332.8 billion in 2021; however, only 2.4% of this funding went to female founders.

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Venture capital (VC) funding is raised when a startup asks investors, investment banks, or VC firms for capital in exchange for equity in the company.

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Using data from PitchBook, Propel(x) ranked the top 15 states based on the total amount of VC funding that went to startups founded by at least one woman since 2018.

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They also noted that a quarter of VC deals since 2018 went to startups founded solely by women. The other 75% were co-founded by men and women. Investors in these areas are paving the way for women to rise to the top of the entrepreneurship game!

– VC funding for women-led startups since 2018: $958 million – Number of deals with women-led startups since 2018: 200

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– Share of female and male co-founders: 75.4% – Share of women-only founders: 24.6%

– Share of female and male co-founders: 68.2% – Share of women-only founders: 31.8%

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– Share of female and male co-founders: 64.7% – Share of women-only founders: 35.3%

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