Our mission is to close the gender investment gap
In New Zealand, female-only founded startups are shut out of 97 cents in every dollar invested.
In 2024, female-only startups received just $4,590,144 worth of capital investment from a total pool of $159,949,403 – a mere 2.9% of every dollar invested.
What is the investment gap in New Zealand in 2024?
Number of Deals
Dollars Invested
Aotearoa: Gender Investment Gap (Jenny Rudd + Theresa Gattung)
Australia: Australian Startup Funding (Tractor Ventures released this report on Australia’s gender funding gap in Nov 24)
USA: PitchBook
Europe: PitchBook
Why does it matter?
We are missing out on funding startups being built by the majority of the world who aren’t white and male. Intelligence is evenly distributed at birth. Opportunity to exercise it, is not.
How did we get here?
Investors choose people who look like them. We all do it. Look at your own friendship group, do they mostly look like you? Same skin colour, gender, age, background?
With the lion's share of venture capital dollars being controlled by men, it makes sense that it flows straight into startups led by those who look the same as the people who choose who gets the capital.
What is the answer?
If you are an investor, choose to invest in women founders
More women investors
Our mission
1.
Measure investment data in New Zealand
Develop best practice alongside US, Australia, UK
2.
Even distribution of venture capital across gender, and any other background