Since 2019, when we began benchmarking board diversity among U.S.-based private companies, we’ve seen a significant increase in the percentage of women directors (from 7% to 17%) and a reduction in the number of all-male boards (from 60% to 32%).
Diversity
Women-led startups consistently show lower failure rates and higher returns, but startups with only female founders still consistently receive less...
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Despite their strong track record, East Asian founders don’t receive investment proportional to their success, writes guest author Lex Zhao. He...
Regionally, LatAm has higher rates of female founders, but collaboration and inspiration challenges, among others, remain, writes Tecnológico de...
Only around $730 million — or 0.4% of all funding — went to startups with a Black founder or co-founder last year, per Crunchbase data. That’s the...
Startups that launched and scaled with a focus on aiding workplace diversity, equity and inclusion efforts a few years ago haven’t been heavy...
In a venture funding system where women already work harder to be recognized, adding an expectant mother to the mix can feel like an insurmountable...
In the first half of 2024, Black-founded U.S. startups received $228 million in funding — or about .3% of the nearly $79 billion that went to U.S...
Using Crunchbase data, we ranked five of this year’s most heavily funded companies with a female CEO and founder.
In 2023, the proportion of U.S. venture funding that went to U.S. companies with at least one female co-founder reached a new peak.
Safeguarding your business from unpredictable setbacks requires diversification of customers, suppliers and more, warns strategic adviser Itay Sagie...
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