Given the opportunity, female founders go out there and prove themselves. The good news: More are getting that opportunity.
Yes, venture-funded entrepreneurship remains largely a Y-chromosome game. In 2017 startups with at least one woman founder received just 16 percent of the more than $80 billion invested in U.S. venture-backed companies, according to PitchBook. Startups with all women founders scored a measly 2.5 percent. Inside venture firms, just 9 percent of general partners are women.
