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X (Twitter) Can Be a Powerful Tool for Women Entrepreneurs Seeking Venture Capital Funding
X (Twitter) can be a powerful tool for women seeking funding, especially in situations where information on funding opportunities is limited or unreliable.
Women Face Demand and Supply-side Constraints in Venture Capital
Despite the increasing number of women entrepreneurs and women professionals in VC, the amount of investments in women-led businesses has not grown proportional to these gains
While Investments From Top-Tier VCs Drive Startup Media Coverage Regardless of Gender, More Broadly, Having A Female Founder Is Linked To Less Media Attention
Media attention helps startups improve the level of venture capitalist (VC) funding. But what determines whether a startup receives media attention?
Technical Background and Connections Are More Essential for the Success of Women Entrepreneurs than Male Entrepreneurs
Women without technical backgrounds were evaluated as being less competent and as having less leadership ability and also received significantly less of a capital investment than technical women, technical men, and nontechnical men entrepreneurs.
Gender Impact Investing & the Rise of False Solutions: An Analysis for Feminist Movements
This report highlights Gender Impact Investing (GII), its definition, sources of funds, and targets, as well as the shortcomings, challenges, and risks of GII.
Overlooked: Canada’s Fastest-Emerging, Highest-Educated Workforce
A research report for employers on unlocking the potential of the growing labour force of South Asian Women in Canada.
Improving Racial and Gender Equity in Corporate Leadership
The report recommends a three-step plan to help organizations accelerate their journey toward greater equity.
Diverse Representation and Board Leadership Gaps
Many companies' efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace still need a push to deliver on the promises made. The study explores the labor market effects of gender and race by examining board leadership appointments.
Mikwam Makwa Ikwe (Ice Bear Woman) – A National Needs Analysis on Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship
Many companies' efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace still need a push to deliver on the promises made. The study explores the labor market effects of gender and race by examining board leadership appointments.
Opportunity for Canadian Venture Capital Firms Dedicated to Increasing their Investment in Women-founded Firms
The research conducted by Female Funders and Highland Beta (2019) examines 55 venture funds and 26 angel investor groups in Canada.
Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Finance
The article explores gender in finance and highlights the need to understand much broader challenges in the firm's role and how it is governed in a world experiencing interconnected social and economic change, reflecting both internal dynamics and wider ecosystemic ones.
The State of Entrepreneurship by Black Women in Canada
The report highlights the demographic attributes of Black women entrepreneurs in Canada, their businesses, their inspirations and motivations to start businesses, the barriers they face when starting or scaling their businesses, and their achievements as business owners.
Women of Color Still Face More Significant Barriers at Work
The report highlighting different workplace experiences and identifies the structural barriers and disadvantages faced by employees outside dominant groups across all work areas.
The Economic Experiences of Black Women in Canada
According to StatsCan 2016 survey data, the Black population now accounts for 3.5% of Canada's total population. Yet, Black people and women of colour continue to face systematic disadvantages such as fewer opportunities for career advancement and less access to essential services.
Technical Background and Social Capital are Success Factors for Female Entrepreneurs
By understanding the gender gap in high-tech entrepreneurship, we can learn about the decision-making process that occurs for men and women also; many corporate organizations are boosting their efforts to encourage women's participation in technical work through training and social networking programs.
Canadian Women in Venture Report 2019
Despite efforts toward increasing gender diversity in the venture capital (VC) industry, a significant gender gap remains among investment decision-makers and recipients of venture capital funding.
Drop in Funding to Women-led Startups
According to Crunchbase figures, in 2019, 2.8% of funding went to women-led startups; which fell to 2.3% in 2020.
Female Founders Got 2 percent of All Venture Capital Dollars across the US in 2021—the Lowest since 2016 (1.8 percent)
Female founders secured only 2% of venture capital in the U.S. in 2021, the smallest share since 2016 and a sign that efforts to diversify the famously male-dominated industry are struggling.