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When Women Control the Money Female Founders Get Funded The New York Times

Female entrepreneurs have long known how hard it is to raise money from a roomful of men. “I would walk into these rooms of late-40s, early-50s dudes — potential investors — and they would just look at me blankly, like, ‘I do not get it,’” said Rachel Drori, the founder of Daily Harvest, a delivery service for produce-centric meals. “Sometimes, they’d say, ‘Can you send samples to my wife?’”

Image: Karen Cahn, the founder of iFundWomen, which provides female entrepreneurs access to capital, at the Wingable pitch night.CreditCreditDesiree Rios for The New York Times