to expand your business. we have 10,000 maps. machi s success is an exception to the rule. one of the reason why female entrepreneurs like herfind it difficult to raise money is because only 1% of funds that lend money, known as venture capital firms, are run by women. kathy matsui is one of them, best known for her womenomics drive since the 90s, which has encouraged the japanese government to improve gender equality. she is still working on the same course, this time helping out a new initiative to increase the number of female politicians. she has also recently started a venture capital fund with two female partners. i would say the vast majority of entrepreneurs and founders we have met so far here injapan, not surprisingly, are male. when we think about start ups and what are start ups really trying to do, they are trying to use innovation, to create
exception to the rule. one of the reason why female entrepreneurs like herfind it difficult to raise money is because only 1% of funds that lend money, known as venture capital firms, are run by women. kathy matsui is one of them, best known for her womenomics drive since the 90s, which has encouraged the japanese government to improve gender equality. she is still working on the same course, this time helping out a new initiative to increase the number of female politicians. she has also recently started a venture capital fund with two female partners. i would say the vast majority of entrepreneurs and founders we have met so far here injapan, not surprisingly, are male. when we think about start ups and what are start ups really trying to do, they are trying to use innovation, to create disruptive businesses, life changing technologies and if you are excluding half of the population from your potential talent pool
working on that. if there is one piece of advice for young entrepreneurs, what would that be? jump into that ecosystem. it is very easy to get to know someone in that field. once you know someone it is a network and it is a great network that you need to expand your business. we have 10,000 maps. machi s success is an exception to the rule. one of the reason why female entrepreneurs like herfind it difficult to raise money is because only 1% of funds that lend money, known as venture capital firms, are run by women. kathy matsui is one of them, best known for her womenomics drive since the 90s, which has encouraged the japanese government to improve gender equality. she is still working on the same course, this time helping out a new initiative to increase the number of female politicians. she has also recently started a venture capital fund with two female partners. i would say the vast majority of entrepreneurs and founders we have met so far here injapan,