reporting on FEMALE PARTICIPATION in founding teams

We don’t know how this compares to dealflow data because we simply do not have it. Data from external sources seems to validate that this number is generalizable, if not worse. According to a <a href="https://sifted.eu/articles/web3-gender-gap-brnd" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">2023 Sifted article</a>, only 13% of Web3 founding teams have at least one female founder, and only 7% of Web3 founders are women. Recent <a href="https://www.bcg.com/press/13june2023-women-are-under-represented-in-the-european-startup-ecosystem" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">research by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and SISTA</a> reveals that, in 2022, women-founded startups in key European markets accounted for only 10% of startups created. And according to <a href="https://www.novobrief.com/how-to-boost-womens-participation-in-the-spanish-startup-ecosystem-through-steam-investment/9785/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a 2022 Novobrief article</a>, female entrepreneurs only constitute about 8% of the women in the active labor force in the European Union. We could go on and on. <a href="https://medium.com/ninacapital/reporting-on-female-participation-in-founding-teams-65f6943879a2">Website</a>