“ So here’s my question: if all-male venture capital firms are investing in all-male startups, where is the female influence coming from? Who is guiding these companies on when and how to target women? With women making 85% of purchasing decisions and far surpassing men in their Internet usage, doesn’t it seem wrong that hardly any women are involved in controlling which companies create our future?

Whitney Hess, in her post on the gender ratio of high profile early-stage venture capital firms.

Summary: the teams are overwhelmingly male.

(via webstartwomen)

posted : Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

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