Access and community are key to improving funding for women-founded startups

Access and community are key to improving funding for women-founded startups

(Clockwise from top left) Sunitha KR, president of early-stage investments, LetsVenture; GV Ravishankar, managing director, Sequoia Capital India; Sarah Chen co-founder and managing partner, The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, and Nacitta Kanyandara, partner and chief of growth at Sayurbox

Citing research from DealStreetAsia’s DATA VANTAGE, Sarah Chen co-founder and managing partner, The Billion Dollar Fund for Women revealed that women founders accounted for a mere 4.7% of the PE-VC deals in Southeast Asia in 2020.