Female VCs

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the Y Combinator Startup Podcast Innovators & Investors 20VC

3 statements about Female VCs, every show

INNOVATORS & INVESTORS Assertion Supported
Padnos: Female VCs hold identical gender biases to male VCs
“None of, and by the way, if you're wondering the male and the V and the female VCs answered almost identically. No. It wasn't just the men saying women face higher obstacles.”
Cindy Padnos May 8, 2025 ▶ 22:17 Smart Seed Investing With Illuminate Ventures Founder and Managing Partner Cindy Padnos
20VC Insight
Shillo: Female VCs collaborate on deals significantly more than in the past
“Yeah, but I will say just one thing I've noticed between when I started doing this six or seven years ago till now, is that I'm seeing female VCs start to collaborate quite a bit on deals with each other, which is rad. I'm so psyched about that.”
Kate Shillo Jan 13, 2016 ▶ 16:24 20 VC: Investing in Hardware and The Future of IOT with Kate Shillo, Director @ Galvanize Ventures
Y COMBINATOR Assertion Not checkable as stated
Livingston: Female VCs report female founders take insufficient credit in pitches
“I've talked to a lot of female VCs. Not a lot, but a handful. And the one thing that they say that they notice when female founders come in to pitch them is that they don't take enough credit for what they do.”
Jessica Livingston Feb 23, 2015 ▶ 15:59 YC Panel at Female Founders Conference 2015 · Y Combinator

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