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How can women-led ventures get funding? Mindshift Capital’s Heather Henyon explains
Heather Henyon, Founding Partner of Mindshift Capital, a gender lens investment fund focusing on female-founded early-stage ventures, highlights the underrepresentation of women-led startups in venture capital funding, with only 0.5% of funding going to female-led ventures. Henyon elaborates on how the startup ecosystem has progressed, leading to more startup exits, favorable regulatory policies, and active markets.
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