Fundraising post-acceleration by startups in Europe 2020, by founder gender
In 2020, the country wherein women-led startups where able to outperform their male counterparts by the largest margin, was Finland. Here, the median funds raised by female founders surpassed that of male founders, as women raised 300 percent of the funds men raised. This was followed by Ireland, where female-founded startups raised 246 percent of funds that male-founded startups did. In Iceland, the funds raised by female founders matched the median funds raised by male founders.
