Women in VC

Our interactive dashboard dives into European investment trends for female-founded startups since the start of 2008, using data sourced from the PitchBook Platform.

Our interactive dashboard dives into US investment trends for women in VC since the start of 2008, using data sourced from the PitchBook Platform. Users can filter the data to isolate specific trends.

Funding for female-founded startups fell for a fourth year in a row in 2025.

The 2025 US All In: Female Founders in the VC Ecosystem report focuses on trends surrounding US-based, VC-backed companies founded by women.

The 2025 European All In: Female Founders in the VC Ecosystem report focuses on trends surrounding Europe-based, VC-backed companies founded by women.

Female startup founders face well-documented challenges in their entrepreneurial journeys, and attending a university with a strong network of venture-backed founders is one strategy to improve the odds of success.

Led by prominent female Silicon Valley execs, the firm raised $75 million for its first fund in 2023.

Deal value for female-founded companies in Europe crossed the €10 billion threshold for the fourth consecutive year in 2024.

The 2024 European All In: Female Founders in the VC Ecosystem report focuses on trends surrounding Europe-based, VC-backed companies founded by women.

The 2024 US All In: Female Founders in the VC Ecosystem report focuses on trends surrounding US-based, VC-backed companies founded by women.

The proportion of VC dollars going to female founders has shrunk to its lowest rate in five years.

Although progress has been made over the past decade, funding levels for female-led startups in Europe remain depressingly low.

The 2023 European All In: Female Founders in the VC Ecosystem report focuses on trends surrounding European VC-backed companies founded and/or led by women.

The 2023 US All In: Female Founders in the VC Ecosystem report focuses on trends surrounding US-based, VC-backed companies founded and/or led by women.

Female founders continue to increase their share of European VC deals, but funding levels remain low.

Female founders ended 2023 on a strong note as the year closed with the third-highest amount of VC capital raised for female-founded or co-founded startups on record.

Advanced degrees are commonly thought of as a pipeline to a successful startup venture. But for women, academic success hasn’t translated into founder status.

UK-based funds owned exclusively by men have secured about 10 times more LP capital than those led only by women in the last six years, new Ada Ventures research shows.