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Not in Style: Matching and Gender Gap in VC Investing

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  • Liudmila Alekseeva

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This paper examines the extent to which the matching between startups and venture capitalists' investment styles accounts for financing disparities between female-and male-founded companies. Analyzing initial venture capital (VC) rounds for comparable founders and startups, the study documents that the gender financing gap can be attributed to the sorting of female-founded ventures into VCs with smaller investment cheques, as large-cheque investors are less likely to fund "typical female-founded" startups. The findings suggest that the lower predicted growth prospects of such businesses may contribute to their mismatch with large-cheque VC investors.

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  • Liudmila Alekseeva, 2023. "Not in Style: Matching and Gender Gap in VC Investing," Working Papers of Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, Leuven 778793, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, Leuven.
    • Handle: RePEc:ete:msiper:778793
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