Women entrepreneurs are starting new businesses at twice the rate of men, but they're not getting funding at the same rate. In fact, less than one percent of women business owners acquire funding from venture capitalists and if you add in angel investors, the rate is still less than 1%, (.08%), according to the 2007 Survey of Business Owners by the US Census Bureau.
More recent statistics show improvement for women entrepreneurs. In June 2011, Illuminate Ventures reported that 3 - 5% of women entrepreneurs achieve funding from venture capitalists, and less than 16% when including Angel Capital.
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