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US—High Growth Women-Owned Businesses' Access to Capital

US—High Growth Women-Owned Businesses' Access to Capital

Recent studies indicate that women entrepreneurs raise lower amounts of capital to finance their firms, and are more reliant on personal rather than external sources of financing, than their male counterparts. This report examines factors affecting access to capital for high growth women-owned or women-led firms. Prior research suggests that significant gender differences in firm employment, size, and growth rates persist. 

Gender Finance