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    Why Female CEOs Are Getting More Funding

    How companies are pushing to close the gender financing gap.
    by Michelle Goodman Dec 01, 2014 2 minutes
    Source: Oliver Munday

    You’ve probably heard the statistics. Women are starting businesses at one and a half times the national average. Yet female founders receive just 25 percent of angel investments in the U.S., and companies with a woman CEO get just 3 percent of venture capital. 

    Investment groups such as Golden Seeds and BELLE Capital USA, which bankroll women-led companies, have worked toward shrinking

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