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2023
European All In: Female Founders in the VC Ecosystem
March 6, 2024
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Deals for European female founders grow at twice the rate of all-male teams
Funding for European female founders showed resilience in a down year, according to the latest European All In: Female Founders in the VC Ecosystem report sponsored by UBS, Shoosmiths, and Enterprise Ireland.
- Female founders captured 25.8% of deal count and 20.5% of deal value in 2023—both records, although investment fell in absolute terms.
- Deals for European female-founded companies grew more than twice as fast as deals for all-male-founded companies over the past decade.
- Just 15.2% of decision-makers at large European VC firms are women. However, healthcare-focused investors tend to have better representation.
A US edition of the All In report, sponsored by Deloitte, Pivotal Ventures, and Wilson Sonsini, is also available for download.
Table of contents
| Executive summary | 4 |
| Overview | 5 |
| A word from UBS | 7 |
| Representation at the GP level | 9 |
| By the numbers | 11 |
| Country breakdown | 12 |
| A word from Shoosmiths | 13 |
| Female angel investment | 15 |
| Female-founded unicorns | 16 |
| A word from Enterprise Ireland | 17 |
| The exit scene | 19 |
| Key takeaways | 21 |