Less than 3% of investment in high-growth businesses goes to female-led companies.

Omissions

• The exact figure varies by year: sources report 2.3% (2021), 2.5% (2021), and approximately 3% (2023). The claim does not specify which year or data source it refers to. The sources found are secondary (VC firm reports, LinkedIn posts) rather than official European Commission or Eurostat statistics. Primary official sources could not be located to verify this specific statistic.

Sources

• SecondaryFounders Fund - Women in VC & Startup Funding Report 2025Female-founded companies received 2.8% of VC funding in 2019, dropped to 2.3% in 2020 during the pandemic, and recovered to 2.5% in 2021
• TertiaryLinkedIn Post citing European VC data 2023In Europe, all-women founding teams received just 3% of venture funding in 2023