

There are currently 540 women-founded Maryland-based startups listed on Crunchbase. Share of female and male co-founders: 75.4% – Number of deals with women-led startups since 2018: 191 – VC funding for women-led startups since 2018: $969 million It’s also the location of the headquarters of Lynk-a company that provides universal mobile broadband via satellites. The state is home to STEAM and cybersecurity education company Chrysallis.AI, which is woman- and disabled-veteran-owned. Crunchbase reports 692 women-founded companies with headquarters in Virginia.
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With $2.57 billion in total VC investment, Virginia follows the national trend of investor interest in the software industry.

In 2021, Virginia ranked 14th nationally for the value of venture capital invested in the state. Share of female and male co-founders: 74.5% – Number of deals with women-led startups since 2018: 200 – VC funding for women-led startups since 2018: $958 million As most venture capitalists-those who agree to invest in a company- are men, women founders often face unconscious (or even conscious) biases. Venture capital funding is raised when a startup with growth potential asks investors, investment banks, or VC firms for capital in exchange for equity in the company. Target and Amazon beginning holiday sales in October
