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Mary Borisslauska has never felt the study of her gender until a company was established. Although it is Forbes 30 under 30She was wrong at VC dinner. At conferences, he asked the investors who plan to sleep with that night. It was advised even to appoint a male co -founder if it wants to be taken seriously when collecting donations.

“The things I heard and saw (in VC) are much worse than any job I have at all,” says Borylawska, CEO and co -founder of Enzum, a European battery emerging company. Even from the male -dominated automatic learning world, she felt the raising of capital as entering the boys club with a different size.

Although research This indicates that the companies created by women are less likely to fail, the gender financing gap not only continues, but it is getting worse, according to new data from Pitchbook. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley was drifting from a liberal batch for inclusiveness: In February, CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg said that companies need more “male energy”. This political turn can make the gap block a deeper task.

The gender financing gap

Women have achieved gradual invasions in America over the past decade. But VC-as you fight advanced ideas to become the defenses of tomorrow-struggle to keep up with times.

To put matters in their right quorum, this year, 11 % of Fortune 500 executives are women; Two decades ago, it was there no one. Globally, women are expected to have about 19 % of C-SUITE jobs in financial services Deluette.

But only 0.7 % of VC financing in the United States has gone to companies that were established exclusively by women this year, PitchbookThe June report was found. This decreased from 2 % last year and is the lowest rate since the start of the record in 2013. Moreover, the percentage of deals that companies that will dry with the founder of a woman at least one of 27.8 % decreased in 2021 to 23.4 % this year. The number of last year’s deal for this group was the lowest since 2018. This year began a worse start: during the first quarter, the number of the deal was at its lowest level since 2013.

Whitney Wolf Hurd, founder and CEO of Al -Mawnad, said during a Podcast Last month interview. “They have no excellent surface or an excellent stadium – they have real numbers. They have sales … and they cannot get anyone to hold a meeting with them.” On the contrary, the founders of the young male male will recite millions who raised them on a purely “idea”.

Ensuring this, Borylawska says that countless male friends have closed tours with less criticism and less products than her own company. Likewise, she feels frustrated when browsing web sites for their competitors, they race through the series B and C, to see a team of men and one woman – in marketing or public relations. While it acknowledges that there are many reasons that make a startup to close a deal, “I know in my intestine that sexual discrimination is there,” she says.

Explanation of the gap

Some studies provide an insightful look why the VC financing gap grows.

First, 93 % of VCS are men. For example, Enzum is in the midst of closing the deal, and over months of meetings, Borylawska said she had not yet met a woman. “Not one,” she says.

2020 Ticket I found that VC sex defects are in itself a reason for the financing gap. This is because contrast enhances gender biases. laboratory an experience By Insead, I found that two identical stadiums-only vary by the founder and the VC-sex that resulted in startups that were established for women supported by women who are convicted of less efficient and looked at as symbolic instead of the merit.

“I feel that people may think we are investing a diversity,” says Borisslauska.

2021 TicketMeanwhile, I found that VCS males question female institutions more about “risks”, in exchange for “growing” with male founders – which leads to more conservative deals.

One of those perceived risks is the assumption that women will be busy with children.

“Investors are really afraid that we will go on maternity leave,” says Borisslauska. The founders tend to be young-the average age at which the founders start from one billion dollars. Exclusive founders: What data reveals about a billion dollar emerging Written by Ali Badas.

But both Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsi and Bill Gates were all in their twenties when they established their empires – the stories of the origin he praised. Young people may be seen as a great power for men – but it is a restricted factor for women.

A particularly terrible example of how motherhood against cases institutions earlier this month. The Creator was the start of the artificial intelligence Entry To the Technology Week in London because she gave birth to a child with her – although the event organizers describe him as an area aimed at “amplifying women’s voices in technology.”

Founder of Women “

One of the proposed solutions to the gap was granted to female businessmen. But in the United States, the plans dry out.

The Crusade of President Donald Trump broke out in January with Executive order To indicate federal initiatives of diversity, fairness and integration. This led to the National Science Corporation (NSF) – a government agency that supports research in science and engineering – to inform the phrase “women” and “sex” in the research proposals, which leads to funding reviews. Among the scientists who received their NSF grants as a result of this matter, 58 % of women, according to Science Adviser. Likewise, women’s business centers (WBCS) – a non -profit institution that supports 150,000 entrepreneurs – has been funded Excluded completely.

The federal war also reached “waking up” to the historical liberal corridors in Palo Alto. The 2024 US presidential election indicated to the cultural transformation: Technical billionaires gave $ 273.2 million to Trump’s campaign – three times the amount donated to Kamala Harris. Both Executive Managers, including Sam Tamman, donated from Openai, Meta’s Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos from Amazon with a million dollars to install.

But this also means to be in an ideological line: Alphabet, Meta and Amazon are among the list of technological companies that have solved Dei programs this year.

Elsewhere, even when the DEI plans are, the stigma continues to undermine its effectiveness. Take Womentecheu, an initiative funded by the European Union for women who lead deep startups, as an example. Enzum applied for financing last year, but the request was rejected. The evaluation comment Borisslaiska indicated that Borisslauska refers to the “founder of women” and pointed out that there is no male founder as one of the reasons for rejection. After submitting a complaint, Enzum was informed that he was mistakenly given other emerging notes. Next, this text itself-this time was re-downloaded with the deletion of sexual lines.

“The reply was very exciting,” added Borislauska.

When I was asked if she was listening to the advice provided to her and appointing a male co -founder for an easier ride with investors, she replied:

“No, I think I prefer to go.”