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Bros dominate VC, where 91% of decision-makers are male

Last year just 2% of venture capital dollars went toward startups founded by women. So perhaps it comes as no surprise that women comprise just 9% of the decision-makers at U.S. venture capital firms, according to a new Axios analysis based on Pitchbook data. (Axios only looked at VC firms that had raised a minimum of […]

Bros dominate VC, where 91% of decision-makers are male

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BY Ainsley Harris0 minute read

Last year just 2% of venture capital dollars went toward startups founded by women. So perhaps it comes as no surprise that women comprise just 9% of the decision-makers at U.S. venture capital firms, according to a new Axios analysis based on Pitchbook data. (Axios only looked at VC firms that had raised a minimum of one fund of at least $100 million from 2013 to 2017.) In absolute terms, the numbers are even more stark: There are only 91 women, nationwide, with sway over how VC firms write checks.

Believe it or not, those numbers represent a marked improvement. At this time last year, only 7% of decision-makers were women; in 2016, it was just 5.7%.

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Ainsley Harris is a senior writer at Fast Company. She has written about technology, innovation, and finance for the past 10 years, including four cover stories More