--- title: Venture capital and the gender financing gap report receives press description: "Venture Capital and the Gender Financing Gap: The Role of Accelerators report receives national news coverage." image: https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-02-27%20at%201.53.02%20PM.png --- [![Village Capital](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/VilCap_2019/LogoHorizontal-color_2022.png)](https://vilcap.com/news-and-views) ![Open menu](https://vilcap.com/images/hamburger.svg) Open Main Menu [Village Capital](https://vilcap.com/) ![Close menu](https://vilcap.com/images/close.svg) Close Main Menu - [Home](https://vilcap.com/) - About Us - [The Village Capital Story](https://vilcap.com/about-us/story) - [Our Team](https://vilcap.com/about-us/our-team) - [Careers](https://vilcap.com/careers) - [Programs for Entrepreneurs](https://vilcap.com/programs) - [Programs for Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs)](https://vilcap.com/eso-programs) - [News & Publications](https://vilcap.com/news-and-publications) - [Blogs](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts) - [Press Releases](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/press-releases) - [Reports](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/reports) - How We Support Entrepreneurs - [Our Tools for Startups and ESO's](https://vilcap.com/our-tools) - [Peer-Selected Investment](https://vilcap.com/entrepreneurs/peer-selected-investment) - [Impact Investing](https://vilcap.com/impactinvesting) - [Our Alumni](https://vilcap.com/our-alumni) - [Become a Mentor](https://vilcap.com/mentors) - [Support Our Mission](https://vilcap.com/get-involved) - [Results & Impact](https://vilcap.com/results) [Donate](https://donorbox.org/donate-to-vilcap) February 27, 2020 # Venture capital and the gender financing gap report receives press - Share - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/in-the-news/forbes-gender-funding-gap&text=Venture%20capital%20and%20the%20gender%20financing%20gap%20report%20receives%20press) - [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/in-the-news/forbes-gender-funding-gap) - [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/in-the-news/forbes-gender-funding-gap) ![Screen Shot 2020-02-27 at 1.53.02 PM](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-02-27%20at%201.53.02%20PM.png?width=629&name=Screen%20Shot%202020-02-27%20at%201.53.02%20PM.png) Allie Burns, Village Capital CEO, and Shruti Chandrasekhar, head of Startup Catalyst and SME Ventures at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), break down new research on accelerators' role in the gender financing gap in a [Fast Company op-ed](https://www.fastcompany.com/90478388/accelerators-are-making-the-funding-gap-worse-for-female-founders): *"What if we told you that a widely used intervention to help startups raise financing–accelerators–is actually making the gender financing gap worse?* *...Accelerators seem to have no positive impact on the ability of female founders to raise equity which is the type of financing that is generally well-suited to accelerate the scale of high-growth startups. Male founders, on the other hand, seem to reap the benefits of acceleration, increasing the amount of equity they raise by 2.6 times as much as startups with a female founder."* Additional coverage: - Forbes' Anne Fields wrote about the report for **Forbes: "**[ScaleX Tackles The Hefty Funding Gap For Female Founders In Emerging Markets Accelerators](https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2020/02/27/scalex-tackles-the-hefty-funding-gap-for-female-founders-in-emerging-markets-accelerators/#23e458217502)**"** - Bonnie Chiu also wrote about the report for **Forbes**: "[Startup Accelerators are Exacerbating the Financing Gap for Female Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets](https://www.forbes.com/sites/bonniechiu/2020/03/05/startup-accelerators-are-exacerbating-financing-gap-for-female-entrepreneurs-in-emerging-markets/#5ce9c5992e31)" - Heather Matranga discussed the research on **S&P Global's Change Pays Podcast**: [Episode 3, Closing the Venture Capital Gap](https://www.spglobal.com/en/research-insights/articles/change-pays-podcast-episode-3-closing-the-venture-capital-gap)   [Read the full report](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/reports/venture-capital-and-the-gender-financing-gap-the-role-of-accelerators) [Village Capital](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/) - [Home](https://vilcap.com/) - [About Us](https://vilcap.com/about-us) - [Our Programs](https://vilcap.com/programs) - [Partner With Us](https://vilcap.com/partner-with-us) - [News & Publications](https://vilcap.com/news-and-publications) - [Results](https://vilcap.com/results) - [Our Alumni](https://vilcap.com/our-alumni) - [Become a Mentor](https://vilcap.com/mentors) - [Impact Investing](https://vilcap.com/impactinvesting) - [Smarter Systems](https://vilcap.com/smarter-systems) - [I'm An Entrepreneur](https://vilcap.com/entrepreneurs) - [I'm An Investor](https://vilcap.com/investors) #### Subscribe to our newsletter Subscribe Village Capital needs the contact information you provide to us to contact you about our products and services. 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