No? Why Not?
Common reasons women don't get as much venture capital as men:

-- Women favor service and retail companies, which aren't attractive to VC firms

-- They ask for less money than men, so potential returns aren't high enough

-- Women are less familiar with the rules of the VC game

-- It's an Old Boy network: VCs depend on referrals, and most VCs are men

-- Too many male VCs still don't take women seriously


Next to Nothing

1,237     Number of U.S. venture capital firms

9         VC firms that seek women-owned companies

(Data: Forum for Women Entrepreneurs)


Gender Gap, Part II
The biggest VC fund catering to women is dwarfed by the average general VC fund.
                                  ASSETS
NAME                          ($ millions)

Viridian Capital                   $30
Women First Capital                $30
Capital Across America             $25
Isabella Capital                    $6
Average U.S. VC Fund              $217


Gender Gap, Part III

400,000     Number of angel investors in the U.S.

3           Percentage who are women

Data: Center for Venture Research


The Only Benefit
Patty Abramson, managing director of the Women's Growth Capital Fund, told 
delegates to the SOHO Summit in California last month that venture capital 
conferences are the only events where you can be sure there won't be a line for 
the women's bathroom.