The amount of venture funding that goes to startups led by women remains quite small, with PitchBook Data reporting they got just 2.2 percent of the $85 billion invested by venture capitalists in 2017.
The good news is that's up from 1.9 percent in 2016 and the most since PitchBook began keeping track of the numbers.
Three firms — 500 Startups, New Enterprise Associates and Golden Seeds — each closed more than 100 deals backing female-founded companies in the U.S. between 2006 and 2017.
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