Showing posts with label unicorn female founders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unicorn female founders. Show all posts

Monday, June 15, 2026

Unicorn Female Founders

Ilya Strebulaev, Professor at Stanford GSB says, "6.5% of US unicorn founders are women. Out of 4,545."  He goes on to say.

Companies with at least one female founder have a 35% lower probability of reaching unicorn status than all-male teams — that's the actual regression result, controlling for the VC-backed comparison group.  When I did the same analysis several years ago, the probability was 40%. So it is moving, but very slowly. 

Read his entire LinkedIn post here