Startups founded or co-founded by women in Southeast Asia garnered about $2 billion in private funding in 2022, accounting for nearly 12.6% of the total capital raised by startups through the year.
The decline was steeper as a proportion of total capital raised in 2022. Startups with at least one female founder had accounted for a 17.2% share of all fundraising in 2021 and 16.5% in 2020.
Female Founders in Southeast Asia 2022 provides:
- Data on fundraising by female-founded startups in 2022 and comparison with 2021
- Fundraising data by countries, verticals and funding stages
- Deal volume by cities, verticals and funding stages
- Data on fundraising by startups with only female founder(s)
- Data on fundraising by female-founded startups with a female CEO
- A list of top dealmakers among female-founded startups
- Interviews with female founders on their entrepreneurship journey and challenges
