According to figures from crowdfunding site IndieGoGo, women are responsible for over 40 percent of all successful crowdfunding campaigns and receive more money overall towards their goal.
However, women are being thwarted, perhaps by their own fears, from this rich pool of investment capital that could make the dreams of female entrepreneurs everywhere come true.
While women who seek crowdfunding have largely been wildly successful, just 10 percent of all people seeking crowdfunding are women. That means the field of people taking advantage of social media, snagging ‘armchair investors’, and building buzz about their products through crowdfunding is 90 percent male.
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