H1 2024 Sees Funding Surge for Women-Led Startups

Funding into women-led startups made a remarkable comeback, with an absolute year-over-year growth of 81 percent.

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This has been quite good decade-high growth and goes on to prove that more and more female entrepreneurs are being taken seriously within the startup space.

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The women entrepreneurs are not lagging behind and are taking giant steps in this direction.

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According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Informal Economy Research, approximately 231 million women either start or operate new businesses in 59 countries.

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