How gender-inclusive is the startup landscape? In 2018 over 580 million dollars were invested by Venture Capital in the Netherlands. We observed that for all investments, including Venture Capital, since 2008, only 5.7% of was invested in teams with a female founder. As to the Dutch businesses which received an investment since 2008, only 0.8% consisted of just women and 4.9% were mixed teams.
Topics we further address in the report:
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Techleap is a non-profit organisation, funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, helping to quantify and accelerate the tech-ecosystem of the Netherlands. Constantijn van Oranje is Special Envoy of Techleap.
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