WELCOME TO EVEN CAPITAL.
Venture capital for women, by women.
Our mission is simple. Close a gap that unfairly disadvantages women by funding the future through significant investments.
Less than 3% of the world’s venture capital funding goes to female-founded businesses.
Between 2017 and 2021, female founders received less than 1.5% of the total capital raised by European start-ups.
Despite inequality in funding, women-led startups generate 10% more in cumulative revenue over a 5-year period.
Start-ups with a female founder generated 78 cents of revenue for every $1 of funding, while male-founded startups generated 31 cents (BCG).
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The traditional venture capital ecosystem is teeming with obstacles for women, & none more frustrating or unfair than the lack of funding going to female business founders.
It’s time to even out the balance.
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Guided by values grounded in equality, environmental, societal and governance responsibility, we are the only female-founded, female-funded, and female-focused growth stage venture capital fund in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our gender-lens approach to investment backs women, wāhine toa, in business to lead and succeed.