Insights

Female (Co-)founded VC deal count %

Source: PitchBook February 3, 2026 European VC female founders dashboard

European venture capital investment trends. 

Female (Co-)founded VC Capital %

Source: PitchBook February 3, 2026 European VC female founders dashboard

European venture capital investment trends. 

Venture dollars remain more concentrated in the Bay Area than venture deals

Source: Pitchbook July 2025

Venture Dollar Volume By Leading Country In Europe, Through 2025

Source: Crunchbase March 2025

Europe Venture Dollars Volume Through Q4 2025

Source: Crunchbase March 2025

Number of Female Founded and Female Co-founded Companies by VC Deal Type in the U.S.

Bar chart illustrating the startup funding stages from 2014 to 2023, divided into Pre/Accelerator/Incubator, Angel, Seed, Early Stage VC, and Later Stage VC, with each stage represented by bars in different colors.

Source: SSTI May 2, 2024 Analysis of PitchBook Data

Number of companies, deals, and capital invested in female-founded and female- co-founded companies by deal type, 2014-2023.

Female Founders VC Deal Count by Major European Cities

Bar chart showing population data for various cities, with London having the highest at 4,944 and Amsterdam the lowest at 370.

Source: PitchBook April 2, 2025 European VC female founders dashboard

Number of companies, deals, and capital invested in female-founded and female- co-founded companies by deal type, 2014-2023.

Deal Count by Founder Mix

A donut chart showing two categories: Female-only with 5,498 and Female and Male with 21,995.

Source: PitchBook April 2, 2025 European VC female founders dashboard

European venture capital investment trends. 

Deal Count by Deal Stage

A donut chart illustrating the distribution of seed or angel investments over time, with four segments labeled 'Angel / Seed,' 'Early VC,' 'Later VC,' showing the number of investments: 12,075, 9,129, and 6,289 respectively.

Source: PitchBook April 2, 2025 European VC female founders dashboard

European venture capital investment trends.