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Shakir: Mixed-gender co-founding teams received 15.6% of 2021 venture funding

Deena Shakir · 20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh · Apr 25, 2022 · at 26:12

Deena Shakir, Partner at Lux Capital, highlights capital allocation trends for startups with mixed-gender founding teams.

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“I think 15.6% in 2021. They're founding teams that had a woman, but also a male co-founder.”

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The claim, plainly

In 2021, founding teams with both female and male co-founders received 15.6% of venture capital funding.

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Assessment

According to PitchBook's 2021 venture capital data (published in its Female Founders Dashboard and All In: Women in the VC Ecosystem reports), mixed-gender founding teams (startups with both female and male co-founders) received exactly 15.6% of total U.S. venture capital funding in 2021. This matches the claimed statistic precisely.

PitchBook reported that mixed-gender founding teams received 15.6% of total U.S. venture capital funding in 2021.
Crunchbase reported a closely aligned figure of approximately 14% of total U.S. VC dollars raised by startups with a female co-founder in 2021.

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