Perhaps unsurprisingly, venture capitalists chose the startups led by men 68% of the time. Google ’s third demo day for entrepreneurs focused exclusively on women . 500 applications were narrowed down to the final 11 start - ups that presented during the event in San Francisco . Currently , only 3 % of venture capital funding goes to companies with a female CEO . This is an increase of just 1 % since 2010 . A recent study from MIT found that , when men and women presented identical pitches , venture capitalists chose the start - ups led by men 68 % of the time .
Google ’s third demo day for entrepreneurs focused exclusively on women . 500 applications were narrowed down to the final 11 start - ups that presented during the event in San Francisco . Currently , only 3 % of venture capital funding goes to companies with a female CEO . This is an increase of just 1 % since 2010 . A recent study from MIT found that , when men and women presented identical pitches , venture capitalists chose the start - ups led by men 68 % of the time .