A new report by PitchBook reveals that €100m was invested in Irish women-led start-ups by VCs in 2023. Enterprise Ireland and IVCA launched the 'Road to VC Investment' program to increase venture capital for women-led businesses in Ireland. Female founders in Europe face challenges in funding compared to male counterparts.
A record number of start-ups founded by women managed to raise funding last year, but the overall level of funding dropped significantly according to a new report from @techireland. https://t.co/EZSpxOUXqY
#NEWS in @DelanoMagazine 📰 Female-founded companies made up 25.8% of European VC deal count in 2023 Despite a wide gap between the amount of venture capital invested in all-male teams compared with the amount invested with women and all-female teams, deal activity shows more…
💡 There is a long path ahead for female #founders to reach the levels of funding received by their male counterparts, but data reveals that female founders in the US fared relatively well in 2023. *We examined the data including and excluding OpenAI as it was an outlier. https://t.co/uqSVyZVAxh
Navina Ranjan from @PitchBook presents on the firm's ‘All In’ report which finds that Ireland is the 3rd country in Europe per deal count on a per capita basis for investment in women-led start-ups to the audience at our #IWD2024 event. https://t.co/a1UsfMXgD6
Enterprise Ireland’s Anna-Marie Turley and @IVCA_ie’s Sarah-Jane Larkin discuss the ‘Road to VC Investment’ programme launched today which will focus on increasing the amount of venture capital invested in women-led businesses in Ireland. https://t.co/6Sf2QHtx9F
Enterprise Ireland’s Anna-Marie Turley and @IVCA_ie’s Sarah-Jane Larking discuss the ‘Road to VC Investment’ programme launched today which will focus on increasing the amount of venture capital invested in women-led businesses in Ireland. https://t.co/NcktMNvZxH
"It’s important that Enterprise Ireland and IVCA continue to run programmes like the ‘Road to VC’ to support women-led businesses access an increased shared of VC investment." Minister @CarrollJennifer addressed attendees at our #InternationalWomensDay event. https://t.co/aW2Oc2cRl0
Enterprise Ireland CEO Leo Clancy welcomes attendees to our International Women’s Day event, ‘Funding the Future: How women-led Irish businesses are financing their journey to success’. https://t.co/DWIeZFTagJ
€100m was invested in Irish women-led start-ups by VCs in 2023, according to the new ‘All In’ report published by @PitchBook today. Listen back to our Executive Director Jenny Melia speaking to @NewstalkFM to find out more: https://t.co/MgJyJuYKWH https://t.co/6gADhVu3UX
New PitchBook report - All In: Female Founders in the European VC Ecosystem https://t.co/gBGP9gomSE https://t.co/4mmoeFwazR