In the United States, the percentage of startups with at least one female founder grew steadily from 2017 to 2020. As of 2019, more than a quarter of US startups had at least one woman on the founding team. Over the past four years, the number of startups with at last one female founding member grew by approximately six percent, from 22 percent in 2017 to 28 percent in 2020.
Percentage of startups with at least one female founding member in the United States between 2017 and 2020
Basic Account
Get to know the platform
You only have access to basic statistics.
This statistic is not included in your account.
Starter Account
The ideal entry-level account for individual users
- Instant access to 1m statistics
- Download in XLS, PDF & PNG format
- Detailed references
$199 USD / Month *
Professional Account
Full access
Business Solutions including all features.
* Prices do not include sales tax.
Other statistics that may interest you Statistics on
About the industry
10
- Premium Statistic Share of funding received by African startups 2022, by sector
- Basic Statistic Number of SMEs in the Netherlands 2008-2023, by size
- Premium Statistic New VC fund amount in Japan Q4 2023, by investor type
- Premium Statistic Highest valued unicorn companies in China 2023
- Premium Statistic Highest valued unicorn companies worldwide 2023
- Premium Statistic Total number of domestic and overseas VC investment deals in Japan 2014-2023
- Premium Statistic Total number of IPOs of startups Japan 2014 to 2023
- Premium Statistic Major startups in Japan 2023, by capital raised
- Basic Statistic M&A deals of SMEs in the Netherlands 2007-2022, per sector
- Premium Statistic Most valuable unicorns in India 2023
About the region
10
- Basic Statistic Patients that continued with telemedicine after initial visit U.S. 2017
- Premium Statistic List of top health care equipment and service U.S. companies 2023 by net income
- Premium Statistic List of top health care equipment and service U.S. companies in 2023 by revenue
- Basic Statistic Willingness to pay more taxes for additional medical research - U.S. adults 2019-2023
- Basic Statistic View of future science and technology leader - U.S. adult opinions 2023
- Basic Statistic Median Medicaid/CHIP eligibility threshold January 2023
- Basic Statistic U.S. college students that had been diagnosed with select health issues fall 2023
- Premium Statistic Share of female representatives in U.S. state legislatures 1980-2023
- Premium Statistic Number of mega deals in the digital health sector in the U.S. 2017-2022
- Premium Statistic Digital health mega deals as a share of total funding in the U.S. 2017-2022
Other regions
10
- Basic Statistic Telemedicine practices available to U.S. patients 2014
- Premium Statistic Number of physicians in Qatar 2014-2018, by sector
- Premium Statistic Youth and teenage pregnancy terminations in Northern Ireland 2007-2022
- Basic Statistic Mammographs in Lithuania 2002-2022
- Basic Statistic Computed tomography scanners in Switzerland 2012-2021
- Basic Statistic Publicly owned hospitals in Austria 2002-2021
- Basic Statistic Publicly owned hospitals in Greece 2002-2021
- Basic Statistic Hospital beds in Slovakia 2002-2021
- Basic Statistic Hospital beds in Denmark 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Hospital beds in Estonia 2002-2021
Related statistics
10
- Premium Statistic London Stock Exchange (UK): largest health care companies 2023, by market cap
- Premium Statistic London Stock Exchange (UK) trading: market value of health care companies 2018-2021
- Premium Statistic London Stock Exchange (UK): Health care companies 2018-2021
- Premium Statistic London Stock Exchange (UK): technology companies listed 2018-2023
- Premium Statistic London Stock Exchange (UK): largest technology companies 2023
- Premium Statistic London Stock Exchange (UK): market cap of technology companies 2023
- Premium Statistic Number of private equity deals in Canada 2022, by industry
- Premium Statistic Value of private equity deals in Canada in 2022, by industry
- Premium Statistic Leading M&A industries worldwide 1985-2022, by share of deal value
- Premium Statistic EV/EBITDA in the health & pharmaceuticals sector in Europe 2019-2023, by industry
Further related statistics
10
- Medicaid long-term care services expenditures by type of service 1990-21
- Sexually experienced U.S. woman with partner using a condom or withdrawal 1982-2010
- Total assets of UnitedHealth Group 2007-2023
- Net earnings of UnitedHealth Group 2007-2023
- Employer firm revenue of residential care and nursing facilities by tax category 2021
- Leading causes of death among Black U.S. residents in 2020 and 2021
- U.S. population without health care visits 1997-2018, by gender
- Location of death among hospice patients in the U.S. 2018
- Purchasing medicine and supplements online in Great Britain 2011-2020
- Adults with severe headache or migraine 1997-2016, by gender
Further Content: You might find this interesting as well
Statistics
- Medicaid long-term care services expenditures by type of service 1990-21
- Sexually experienced U.S. woman with partner using a condom or withdrawal 1982-2010
- Total assets of UnitedHealth Group 2007-2023
- Net earnings of UnitedHealth Group 2007-2023
- Employer firm revenue of residential care and nursing facilities by tax category 2021
- Leading causes of death among Black U.S. residents in 2020 and 2021
- U.S. population without health care visits 1997-2018, by gender
- Location of death among hospice patients in the U.S. 2018
- Purchasing medicine and supplements online in Great Britain 2011-2020
- Adults with severe headache or migraine 1997-2016, by gender
Silicon Valley Bank. (May 7, 2020). Percentage of startups with at least one female founding member in the United States between 2017 and 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1214100/startups-usa-percentage-female-founder/
Silicon Valley Bank. "Percentage of startups with at least one female founding member in the United States between 2017 and 2020." Chart. May 7, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1214100/startups-usa-percentage-female-founder/
Silicon Valley Bank. (2020). Percentage of startups with at least one female founding member in the United States between 2017 and 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1214100/startups-usa-percentage-female-founder/
Silicon Valley Bank. "Percentage of Startups with at Least One Female Founding Member in The United States between 2017 and 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1214100/startups-usa-percentage-female-founder/
Silicon Valley Bank, Percentage of startups with at least one female founding member in the United States between 2017 and 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1214100/startups-usa-percentage-female-founder/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Percentage of startups with at least one female founding member in the United States between 2017 and 2020 [Graph], Silicon Valley Bank, May 7, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1214100/startups-usa-percentage-female-founder/