Sentences with phrase «women in the venture capital industry»

Gouw and Fonstad are two of the highest - profile women in the venture capital industry, with Gouw having been a partner at Accel and Fonstad a managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

As the co-chair of the National Venture Capital Association's Inclusion and Diversity Task Force, Mitchell is painfully aware of the underrepresentation of women in the venture capital industry.

Not exact matches

Melinda Gates told The New Yorker men who «demean, degrade, or disrespect women» have been able to operate in industries like tech and venture capital, and that «the asymmetry of power is ripe for abuse.»

In an industry in which 89 % of partner - level investors are men, a venture capital firm run by three women is rarIn an industry in which 89 % of partner - level investors are men, a venture capital firm run by three women is rarin which 89 % of partner - level investors are men, a venture capital firm run by three women is rare.

The Firm has been a diversity pioneer in its industry and was one of the first venture capital firms to hire women as partners.

The book explores the role of gender in the tech industry — at startups and venture capital firms — and the interaction between men and women in the two.

A recent study from Babson College found that venture capital firms with female partners are more than three times as likely to invest in companies with female CEOs than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage of women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 % of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.

Examine the reasons why so few women choose to enter or stay in venture capital roles and call on the venture capital industry to do more to recruit and promote women investors to partner level roles in order to increase the number of women investment professionals

Two of the most senior women in Silicon Valley's venture capital industry are leaving their well - known firms to start a new firm together.