Women entrepreneurs face greatly unequal access to the capital necessary to grow and scale their start-ups. Our new research shows that despite women leading nearly half the start-ups that participate in accelerators—entities designed to train and support the development of startups to become investment ready—this gender financing gap continues to grow.
“Venture Capital and the Gender Financing Gap: The Role of Accelerators”, developed by IFC, the World Bank Group Gender Innovation Lab, in partnership with Village Capital and We-Fi, leveraging data from the Global Accelerator Learning Initiative (GALI), studies the steep differential between financing for male and female-led startups post-acceleration. Read more and learn about the potential causes in the report.