€199B: The cost of overlooking European deep tech firms led by women
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March 4, 2025, 9:00 AM
- •Women lead just 22% of European deep tech companies
- •Women-led firms take six months longer to sign their first term sheet
- •Achieving greater representation of women-led companies at the exit stage would have unlocked an estimated €198.8bn in additional value
A new report has revealed that women lead just 22% of European deep tech companies, and that they raise 1.8 times less capital than those led by men. This gender imbalance is costing the industry hundreds of billions of euros in potential revenue.
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