Why Crowdfunding Is a Game-Change for Women Entrepreneurs

January 30, 2013 @ 1:39 pm By Forbes

Women-owned firms start and grow businesses with substantially less outside financing, according to a Department of Commerce survey of women-owned companies (PDF) across the U.S. That helps to explain why the average women-owned business has 25% lower revenue than the typical male-owned firm in the same industry.

With only 12 percent of all angels being women, it should come as no surprise that only 12 percent of angels funded women entrepreneurs in 2011, according to the Center for Venture Research.

People tend to fund people just like them. Men fund men and women fund women, according to Rieva Lesonsky, CEO & president of GrowBizMedia and SmallBizDaily.com. Debe Fennell, Chair: Women in Crowdfunding committee of the National Crowdfunding Association and partner, CrowdFundingLIVE.com/CrowdZooks concurs.

Reg A - Form 1-A Filings Beta

Beta. Initial Form 1-A only. Target raise is the stated Amount to be Raised, totaled. Compared with the same dates one year earlier.

YTD: Jan 1, 2026 - Oct 26, 2026 vs Jan 1, 2025 - Oct 26, 2025

Number of Filings131Prior 126 +4.0%

Target Raise, Total$3.40BPrior $3.54B -3.9%

	This YTD	Year prior	Change
Filings	131	126	+4.0%
Target raise	$3.40B	$3.54B	-3.9%

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Source: DisclosureQuest. Initial Form 1-A only.

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This display counts initial Form 1-A filings only. It does not represent subsequent filings, including Form 1-A/A amendments or Form 1-A POS post-qualification updates filed by the issuer. Amounts are the stated Amount to be Raised on the initial filing, not capital raised and not amounts revised in later filings.

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