– Founding Story. 40% of female founders say macroeconomic conditions hurt their business, while 46% of female founders say political uncertainty in the United States is also a direct threat. But amid the challenges of tariffs, weakened consumer confidence and political attacks on diversity and inclusion, female founders have seen opportunities in other areas, namely AI.
Early VC firm Graham & Walker collected these results A survey of 180 female founders “VC scalable” startup in North America.
56% of all-female founding teams see “more opportunities” because only 46% of AI’s hybrid gender founding teams say the same thing. The report speculates that female founders (also cite fundraising activities as still a major challenge) should see AI as a smaller way and avoid some fundraising challenges. 71% of the founders surveyed said it was harder to improve their final round than they thought. 40% of founders still say their gender is the main factor in this difficulty. In 2024, According to toneteams including female founders raised 27% more money than last year, with revenue of $38 billion, but 13.1% less than in 2023 in 13.1%.
Other fundraising challenges include the “transfer door post” – as the norms and norms of early funding change, early investors expect founders to meet benchmarks that might have previously retained.
The 14 founders in the survey specifically called on their experience with female investors. Many of the concerns they raise may be related to the stress these female investors are under. One founder surveyed said it was “more difficult for female investors to win” and “required to check every box to check”, while another said they had advertised women who “have no real trading ability.”
Emma Hinchliffe
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