SINGAPORE | July 25th, 2022 – Seedstars launched its second emerging market seed stage fund, Seedstars International Ventures II. The firm announced the
Alisee de Tonnac Contributor Alisee de Tonnac is co-founder and co-CEO of Seedstars, a Swiss-based group with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. Seedstars group is present in 90+ countries with activities that include the largest entrepreneurship competition in emerging markets.
In light of Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look at the status of gender diversity in investment portfolios because women remain underrepresented in the field of entrepreneurship. Let’s delve into the numbers and why your deal flow may not be diverse enough.
Women entrepreneurs and fundraising
There is an unmet need of $260 billion to $320 billion for women-owned company funding, according to a 2013 study conducted by the International Finance Corporation. A survey of women from 350 tech startups reinforced this: 72% of women respondents said that they faced difficulty attaining financial capital when they were s