Raising Venture Capital: The Different Methodologies and Outcomes of Female and Male Entrepreneurs

47 pages. Presented to the Department of Business Administration and the Robert D. Clark Honors College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Sciemce June 2018This thesis analyzes how venture capitalist funding is rationed and provides insight into why female-founded companies receive only 3% of total venture capitalist funding. In order to understand this, this thesis analyzes the relationship between venture capitalist partners and founders. Relationships are often different between investors and male entrepreneurs than between investors and female entrepreneurs. This research explains why this environment has become unsupportive of women and thus proves to be challenging for women to succeed in. The role of gender perception is also vital, and this research project will make a connection between gender biases and underfunding of women entrepreneurs