Only 17% of world's startups currently have a female Founder
The percentage of startups having at least one female Founder currently stands at mere 17%, according to Crunchbase, that studied 43,008 startups globally. From 2009 to 2012, the number of such startups grew by 8% to approximately 17%, which has since remained unchanged. While women-founded startups raised $10 billion in 2016, men-founded startups raised $94 billion.