Every year, Forbes puts out a list of the top 100 venture capital investors, called the Midas List. This year, 11 of the 100 are women, which is down from last year’s record of 12. At Glass Half Funded, we know the venture capital industry is still very much dominated by men, so we aren’t surprised by the low number of women on the list. However, we still want to celebrate the women who made it!
This month, GHF tracked $376.4M of venture capital funding to founding teams of all women, representing 5% growth over last month. The biggest deal was Chief, a membership for women executives and leaders.
This month, we tracked $357.3M of venture capital funding to founding teams of all women, representing 30% growth over last month. The biggest deal was Equip Health, which provides at-home eating disorder treatment.
This month, GHF tracked 19 VC deals with founding teams of all women totaling $275M. The biggest deal was Savage X Fenty, Rihanna’s beauty company.
We recently discussed how to get started with angel investing. However, many people don’t meet the SEC requirements to be an accredited investor, which is a prerequisite to becoming an angel investor. If you’re not an accredited investor but you’re still interested in startup investing, crowdfunding can be a great alternative.
Do you know what it takes to be an angel investor? Learn all about it here, so that we can increase the number of women angel investors (currently it’s only 22%!) and close the gender funding gap!
Collab Capital’s mission is create more wealth in the Black community through venture capital, but the company has an innovative approach to venture capital.
Are you interested in a career in venture capital? Read our top tips for breaking into the industry and becoming a successful venture capitalist. Recently I joined a webinar hosted by SoGal Ventures where a SoGal co-founder hosted another venture capitalist to discuss what a career in VC is like. I was excited to join because venture capital is so interesting to me. I really enjoyed the discussion and I learned several things that I’d like to share with you.
It’s no secret that the venture capital investments in the United States are made mostly by men and mostly for men. But instead of dwelling on how far away parity seems, I want to celebrate the women who are working to change the VC world! Here are 27 venture capital firms led by women.
Venture Capital is currently a very male-dominated field. In fact, less than 10% of VC decision makers are female. There’s a lot of work to do! However, I can’t read about these 40 amazing women without getting inspired and feeling more hopeful for the future.