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Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital

Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital

Researchers at Babson College identify enormous, untapped opportunity for venture capitalists to drive new growth and innovation by investing in women entrepreneurs.
Babson College has unveiled the findings of a new study on venture capital funding for women entrepreneurs and ways venture capitalists can capitalize on the significant gender gap that persists. 

 Entitled Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital, the study was conducted by Babson professors leading the Diana Project, a program founded in 1996 to research women-led businesses globally. 

The report provides the first comprehensive analysis of U.S. venture capital investments in women entrepreneurs in 15 years.

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