How the VC Pitch Process Is Failing Female Entrepreneurs

From Harvard Business Review. Women who venture into entrepreneurship are not poised to get a fair deal. Kamal Hassan, Monisha Varadan, and Claudia Zeisberger argue that bias within the VC industry is preventing funds from being allocated to the best investment opportunities, so if we want both better VC outcomes and more gender balance in entrepreneurship, we need to root out the bias hampering ventures at their earliest stages. The research suggests that the pitching process is the best place to start.