Gender Gap in Start-Ups

Gender Gap in Start-Ups

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_whats-the-gender-gap-in-startups"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">What’s the gender gap in startups?</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_references"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_see-also"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_external-links"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
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</div><h2 id="w_whats-the-gender-gap-in-startups">What’s the gender gap in startups?</h2>
<p><b>Gender Gap Grader</b> has genderized 650k profiles of AngelList startup professionals, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, business angels. Some of the key findings,
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<ul><li> Women account for 7.4% of AngelList Investors, on a total of 19k investors having invested in 1+ start-ups
</li><li> Women investors are 8.4% in San-Francisco, 5.9% in Berlin, 3.1% in Amsterdam, 7.4% in Vancouver, 4.3% in Montreal
</li><li> For investors willing to invest in Enterprise Software, women account for 7.8%. Other markets: Developper Tools 4.3%, Fashion 11.3%, Organic Food 14.4%, Women Focused 21.9%
</li><li> Developper is the most popular role specified in AngelList, claimed by 45k men and women. Women represent 9% of Developpers. Other roles&nbsp;: software architect (4.2% women), entrepreneur (11.3% women), marketing (33.8% women), human resources (48.7% women)
</li><li> No big difference seen in the way Investors or non Investors Men/Women indicate a Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook account on their AngelList profile
</li><li> Men tend to have 3.5x more AngelList followers, 1.6x more Twitter followers than women [tab: twitterFollowersCount] </li><li> For investors using Twitter, women investors are followed by 28% women, men investors are followed by 21% women on average – so there is a slight gender bias (Women following Women).
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<p>Gender Gap Grader produces estimates using applied onomastics <ref><a href="http://gendergapgrader.com/studies/angel-investing/" alt="Gender Gap in Start-Ups and Access to Financing">Gender Gap in Start-Ups and Access to Financing</a></ref> and encourages readers to contribute actuals or additional statistics on the WikiGender.
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<h2 id="w_references">References</h2>
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<h2 id="w_see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li> Women in business and technology </li></ul>
<h2 id="w_external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li> Gender Gap Grader: “<a href="http://gendergapgrader.com/studies/angel-investing/" alt="Gender Gap in Start-Ups and Access to Financing">Gender Gap in Start-Ups and Access to Financing</a>” October 2014
</li><li> Washington Post: “<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/10/07/the-glaring-gender-dilemma-silicon-valley-venture-capitalists-are-hiding-from/" alt="The glaring gender dilemma Silicon Valley venture capitalists are hiding from">The glaring gender dilemma Silicon Valley venture capitalists are hiding from</a>”
</li><li> Fortune: “<a href="http://fortune.com/2014/10/02/women-leave-tech-culture/" alt="Why women leave tech: It’s the culture, not because ‘math is hard‘">Why women leave tech: It’s the culture, not because ‘math is hard‘</a>“
</li><li> Bloomberg: “<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-12/the-silicon-valley-diversity-numbers-nobody-is-proud-of.html" alt="The Silicon Valley diversity numbers nobody is proud of">The Silicon Valley diversity numbers nobody is proud of</a>”
</li><li> New York Times: “<a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/google-releases-employee-data-illustrating-techs-diversity-challenge/" alt="Google Releases Employee Data, Illustrating Tech’s Diversity Challenge">Google Releases Employee Data, Illustrating Tech’s Diversity Challenge</a>”
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