The Emerging Force Behind Corporate Venture Capital Investing? Women

Unicorns aside, let’s focus the lens on who is investing. Lately, a great deal has been written about the need to have more women on the investing side of the table. Researching the topic, I discovered a little known fact: As ranked by CB Insights, 17% of the top 20 Corporate VC firms in 2014 had women on the investment team. Women comprised 11% of CB Insight’s 2014 Top 20 VC list. According to a Babson College report, the national average of Women VC investors is 6%. There is not any current research that tracks the national average of women led Corporate VC investments.