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Key findings

Promising trends…

Overall increase in VC funding for women-led companies in absolute and relative terms (volume and value); Europe is outperforming other regions

Women-led companies attract more investment at later stages

Women-led companies outperform the market in terms of median revenues at later stages

Enabling ecosystem contributes to higher investment in women-driven companies: spotlight on selected EU destinations

…but more needs to be done to overcome hurdles and biases

The European pool of women-led companies and female entrepreneurs is still limited

Persistent lack of women in investment decision-making roles, compounding the finance gap > investors typically invest in teams that look like them

Evidence of higher risk aversion of women-led companies

> Need actions by female entrepreneurs and the investor community to break the cycle and reduce the knowledge gap