Sorry, Women Don’t Make Better Founders Than Men

Do Female Founders Really Deliver Twice as Much Value Than Males?

Two things we often hear in the startup ecosystem are:

1. “Female founders receive less than 5% of venture capital funding”, and
2. “Women-owned startups deliver twice as much per dollar as men.”

The former statement is absolutely and irrefutably true.

The latter statement, widely shared by DEI advocates without much humility and accepted widely without much scrutiny, is demonstrably false.

The Origin of the 2:1 Claim

Firstly, there is a fast-growing army of incredibly successful female founders that prove that women can break through glass ceilings and reach the very top of the startup world, that we can, and should learn from.

Just a handful of these inspiring women can be found below.