Looking over The Forbes annual Midas List there was something strange
and awry, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. I finally figured it out.
Where are the women venture capitalists?!
The Midas List, which started in 2001, did not rank one single woman. This should certainly strike as a surprise given the space and time women have entered the workforce. Over the past 30 years, the position of women in U.S. society has changed dramatically.
Four women from Forbes’s 2009 list were named the most powerful VCs and five more from Forbe’s 2007 list. Venture capital is not just a boys club anymore and hopefully there are more to come this year. Including female investors has proved to benefit companies. For example, being familiar with women-run businesses can result in funding with at least one woman partner as opposed to those who only have male partners. Though there are social barriers to overcome for female venture capitalists, there has been some significant change within the last three decades. Women have risen to the top recently and succeeded in the male dominated world of finance and business. As part of the ever changing world we live in, I predict that more women will go into venture in these coming years.
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