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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. billion of total venture capital. billion) out of approximately $238.3

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UK report spotlights the huge investment gap facing diverse founders

TechCrunch

VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. New research looking into how U.K. population.

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Serial fintech founder raises $20M for Ant Money to make micro-investing even more accessible

TechCrunch

Serial fintech entrepreneur Walter Cruttenden founded Acorns with his son, Jeff, in 2012 with the goal of helping low- and middle-income households invest and save responsibly. The pair wanted to simplify investing for the millions that have trouble getting started or continuing to invest.

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QED Investors hires Gbenga Ajayi as partner to focus on investments in Africa

TechCrunch

He will focus on Africa investments as part of QED’s international team. Last September, the fintech-focused venture capital firm announced closing $1.05 Today’s announcement adds Africa to the mix. billion for its oversubscribed seventh fund. the United Kingdom, Latin America and Southeast Asia.”

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At just 2.1% of all VC investment, funding for women remains ‘meh’ in Q1 2023

TechCrunch

Companies with all female-founding teams raised about $800 million, or 2.1%, out of the estimated $37 billion invested in U.S. Once again measured in dollars raised, mixed-gender teams also saw their venture totals decline on a year-over-year basis, raising $7 billion in Q1 2023. Things could’ve been worse, I guess.

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Rising African venture investment powers fintech, clean tech bets in 2020

TechCrunch

As a turbulent week in the capital world, we’re taking a look at something a bit slower moving: venture capital trends in Africa during 2020. The Exchange has long explored quarterly and yearly data regarding the North American , European and Asian venture capital markets , along with data on particular startup categories.

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten VC

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.