Recommended resources based on IWL's Women & Money Series.  To learn more about this topic, visit the Women & Money page.

Women & Capital Investments Resources

• Women-Led Startups Received Just 2.3% of VC Funding in 2020, HBR
• National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) 
• Black Women Still Receive Just a Tiny Fraction of VC Funding Despite 5-Year High, Crunchbase
• The Lack Of Diversity In Venture Capital Is Worse Than It Looks, Forbes 
• Closing the Gender Gap: Crowdfunding, CNBC 
• Investors Prefer Entrepreneurial Ventures Pitched by Attractive Men, HBS, Wharton, MIT Sloan 
• The Winnow Fund, Wisconsin’s female-led VC fund 

Women & Ownership Resources

• U.S. Census Bureau 2018
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
• Women Business Ownership Statistics, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
• 2019 State of Women-Owned Business Report
• Fortune 500 Women CEOs
• 2019 State of Online Small Business Lending: Spotlight on Women Entrepreneurs, fundera
• Loan Gender Gap, Forbes
• Powering Potential: Increasing Women's Access to Financial Products and Services, BNY Mellon & UN Foundation Study
• 2020 Women-owned Business Study, Biz2Credit