Women Are Disappearing From Venture Capital
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The vast majority of U.S. venture capital investments go to companies led exclusively by men, according to a study released on Sept. 30. Only 15 percent of nearly 7,000 VC-backed companies analyzed had a woman executive. And a paltry 2.7 percent had a female chief executive, the research from Babson College shows.
More disheartening: Women are actually losing ground in venture capital leadership. The total proportion of women VC partners has dropped to 6 percent, from 10 percent in 1999. That shift has occurred even as other research shows women are becoming more active in the angel investment community.