The Economic Impact of Female
Entrepreneurs

PRESENCE + IMPACT 36% of
U.S. Businesses Women are majority owners of 16% of Total U.S. Employment $3 trillion. Companies with women on the executive team have an economic impact of 23 million jobs. Translates into the creation and maintenance of

PRESENCE + IMPACT The average
dollar investment in businesses with a woman on the management team was slightly higher for all three years during 2011-2013. (Businesses with women) $12 Million (Businesses without women) $8 Million

PRESENCE + IMPACT California, New
York & Massachusetts have the highest number of investments in firms with women on the executive team.

BREAKDOWN 18%in 2013 9% in
2011 Percent of VC-funded companies with a woman on the executive team.

BREAKDOWN Percentage of total invested
capital received by companies with women on the executive team. 27% in 2013 9% in 2011 * $7.1 billion of $26.4 billion * $816 million of $8.9 billion

BREAKDOWN Venture capital firms with
women partners are twice as likely to invest in companies with a woman on the management team.

BREAKDOWN Venture capital firms investing
in companies with women CEOs have nearly 4 times more active investments than those firms not investing in women.

@OpenViewVenture www.openviewpartners.com Data in this
infographic first appeared in Babson College’s Diana Project’s Diana Report Women Entrepreneurship 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital. View the full report here: http://openview.vc/1D9GckI Illustrations by @RachelWorthman