Venture funding is going strong in Silicon Valley — but not if you are a woman or minority entrepreneur. A study by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire found that of 67,000 angel investor deals in 2012, 4 percent involved women-owned startups and less than 1 percent involved minority-owned ventures.
Image: Photo by Womble Carlyle - “There are plenty of good companies out there that are not getting this capital,” said George Scott Jr., a corporate transaction attorney with Womble Carlyle who will moderate an event aimed at linking investors with minority- and women-owned startups.
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