Dunn: Venture capital is a fundamentally misogynistically wired system
Andy Dunn · Bonobos: Andy Dunn · Jan 21, 2019 · at 18:57
Bonobos co-founder Andy Dunn critiques venture capital demographics and decision-making when evaluating female-led consumer startups.
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“So we have a mismatch where men who don't understand women or how women shop are trying to decide how to make investments, and only nine percent of VCs are women. So it's a fundamentally misogynistically wired system.”
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