In the first half of 2024, Black-founded U.S. startups received $228 million in funding — or about .3% of the nearly $79 billion that went to U.S.-based startups. The dollar total also represents a whopping 60% drop from H1 of last year.
Diversity
Using SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ data, we ranked five of this year’s most heavily funded companies with a female CEO and founder.
In 2023, the proportion of U.S. venture funding that went to U.S. companies with at least one female co-founder reached a new peak.
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Per SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ data, just seven U.S. companies with female founders joined the unicorn club in 2023 and 2024. That’s a precipitous decline from the...
There are two major challenges that block — but also inspire the potential for — big outcomes in the femtech startup space. Ari Wright, a principal...
Our fifth annual study — produced through a collaboration between Him For Her and SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — which characterizes the boards of the most heavily...
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