Patterns of venture capital funding: Is gender a factor?

By P. Greene, C. Brush, M. Hart, Patrick A. Saparito. 2001

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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation

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The role of social capital and gender in linking financial suppliers and entrepreneurial firms: A framework for future research (2002, methodology): “Women seeking equity might be perceived as having different values, goals or behaviours than their male counterparts, creating a view that they are ‘riskier investments’ (Brophy 1997, Greene et al. 2001).”
Financing of women-owned ventures: The impact of gender and other owner -and firm-related variables (2006, background): “With respect to equity financing, Greene et al. (2001) found that, in 1998, less than 5% of all US venture capital investments was invested in firms owned by women.”
Gender and entrepreneurial self-efficacy: a learning perspective (2014, background): “As noted by several scholars (e.g., Ahl, 2006; Calas et al., 2009; Greene et al., 2001), entrepreneurship tends to be portrayed as a masculine undertaking—a characterization supported by several empirical studies.”
The Effect of Gender Diversity on Angel Group Investment (2011, background): “Greene et al. (2001) report that women entrepreneurs are concentrated in the service and retail sectors that often do not offer the high-growth potential early-stage investors seek.”
Diana: a symbol of women entrepreneurs’ hunt for knowledge, money, and the rewards of entrepreneurship (2009, methodology): “Less than 1% of all female-led businesses actually receive VC investment dollars as compared to approximately 1% of businesses founded by men ( Greene et al. 2001 ).”
Gender differences in the contribution patterns of equity-crowdfunding investors (2017, unknown): “Traditional investors of venture capital firms significantly underrepresent women (Greene et al. 2001; Harrison and Mason 2007; Coleman and Robb 2009), which might lead to barriers in the exchange of information regarding investment opportunities for women investors not sharing the same social…”
Women Entrepreneurs and Financial Capital (2006, background): “This logic provides two alternative explanations of the findings that women receive a disproportionate low share of capital (Brush et al., 2002; Carter et al., 2003; Greene et al., 2001; Industry Canada, 2005; Verheul & Thurik, 2001).”
Buying science and selling science: gender differences in the market for commercial science (2007, background): “…active in entrepreneurship as women (Reynolds et al., 2001, 2004; Minniti and Arenius, 2003). with regard to venture funding, there is evidence of under-representation of women in investments (Carter and Rosa, 1998; Greene et al., 2001, see Marlow and Patton, 2005 for a discussion of mechanisms).”
Swept Away by the Crowd? Crowdfunding, Venture Capital, and the Selection of Entrepreneurs (2013, unknown): “Greene and Brush (2001) found that from 1987-1998, 3.”