In Greece and internationally, solely 2% of enterprise capital funds go to startups based by ladies. [SHUTTERSTOCK]
There are untapped funding alternatives in startups based and managed by ladies that benefit assist, in accordance with traders internationally.
Considered one of them is Maria Koletsou, founder and head of Blossom Ventures, the primary feminine Angel Buyers membership in Greece, which goals to strengthen ladies’s participation in investments and assist feminine enterprise founders world wide. At first look, it might sound like a feminist enterprise, however Koletsou explains to Kathimerini this might not be farther from the reality.
The selection of funding area has to do with the truth that startups based and managed by ladies often have way more tough entry to financing, despite the fact that a lot of them have wonderful prospects for worthwhile development. In Greece and internationally, solely 2% of Enterprise Capital funds are directed to startups based by ladies. Subsequently, the Blossom Ventures investor community seeks to assist bridge this hole by attracting extra feminine traders and supporting feminine enterprise ventures.
“Our mission is to create a dynamic group of principally Greek ladies from all around the world, not excluding males’s participation, maybe at 20%, selling feminine funding and entrepreneurship,” she says.
