Gender gap in VC funding is even worse for women founders in tech

Gender gap in VC funding is even worse for women founders in tech

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When Daniela Perdomo went out this year to raise another round of funding for GoTenna, her mobile communications startup, an investor told her that he assumed the chief executive officer of a tech company would look more like Reid Hoffman. Then, he offered to introduce her to some female venture capitalists. “He said, ‘I think they would really understand you,’” she says.

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