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informative graphs that highlight key trends for women in the Investment & Social Capital
Tier within Deeptech.

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Diversity in funds

VC funds with at least 1 woman GP (EUR) by AUM

AUM in VC funds with at least 1 woman decision-maker

Period
Source: PitchBook, October 2024, N= around 350 VC, PE and Family Offices firms, with yearly fluctuations

Time to raise first cheque

Time to first term sheet

Term sheet differentials analyse the differences in vesting schedules at first raise for women founders and overall valuations of women-led companies of interest.

Source: GENDEX Survey, August 2024, N=51 women founders in EU+UK; N= 98 men founders in EU+UK

Funds raised by women led companies

Investment raised by women-led companies

This graph focuses on the total number of deals and investments raised by women-led Deep Tech companies, compared to the investment raised by men-led Deep Tech companies.

Period
Source: GENDEX analysis on a sample of a total EU+UK of around N=20,000 companies from PitchBook and N= around 8,000 companies from Dealroom

Sustained value in women led companies

Retention of company valuation by women-led companies

The graph showcases the sustained value in women-led companies by looking into the retention of company valuation by women led companies, looking at the share of down-rounds over total number of deals in Europe.

Period
Source: GENDEX analysis on a sample of a total EU+UK of around N=20,000 companies from PitchBook and N= around 8,000 companies from Dealroom