When it comes to finding women leaders in business, Canaan Partners are making it look like a piece of cake. Currently, 30% of the firm’s portfolio is female-led, one of the most accurate depictions of the US business world where about 29% of businesses are owned by women.
Even as the number of women-led businesses is on the rise, female entrepreneurs still struggle to gain access to venture capital. According to recent research by PitchBook, companies led by women represented just 13% of VC deals in the first six months of 2013 – that's a record high. In 2009, the number of venture deals going to women was 6%.
Image: Maha Ibrahim, right, at the Cuyana showroom opening in Union Square. Photograph: Courtesy of Canaan Partners
