• Source link: https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/12/investors-are-still-failing-to-back-founders-from-diverse-backgrounds/

• TL;DR: Provides some great data points and visuals explaining the state of gender, ethnic, and regional diversity in the Venture capital world (specifically, to whom VC dollars are going)

• How helpful?: 4/5

• Topic Tags: diversity, demographics, data, location

  Relevant questions addressed:

• Which kinds of people are getting VC dollars?

  Summary bullet points

• The large majority of venture dollars are invested in companies run by white men with a university degree

  • Dispels the “meritocratic myth that Silicon Valley has created for itself”

• Of a survey of nearly 10,000 founders that were invested in in 2017,

  • 9% were women
  • 17% identified as asian american
  • 2.4% identified as middle eastern
  • 1.9% identified as latinx
  • 1% identified as black

• Ivy-educated founders captured 27% of all VC dollars in 2017

  • Founders without university degree had about 6% of those dollars

• Location matters

  • 42.26% of VC investments go to companies based in Silicon Valley

Follow-up Links

https://ratemyinvestor.com/diversity_report