Entrepreneurship

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SBA’s 2025 Final Rule Clarifies Ownership Control for Women-Owned Business Contracts
September 28, 2026
Key takeaways The SBA's final rule effective January 3, 2025 requires full-time control of the business and new notification of outside employment after certification Women-owned businesses received only 3.44% of...
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All-Female Founding Teams Got Just 1-2% of Venture Capital in 2025
September 25, 2026
Key takeaways All-female founding teams received just 1% of U.S. venture capital in 2024, down from 2% the year before, despite record overall female-founder funding. Anthropic and Scale AI alone...
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Capital F’s $17 Million Fund Runs on a Mostly Female Base of Investors
September 23, 2026
Key takeaways Capital F closed a $17 million debut fund with an estimated 80% to 85% female LPs, a rare structure in venture capital where nearly three-quarters of firms employ...
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How New Venture Funds Are Targeting Women Founders as Their VC Share Stalls
September 19, 2026
Key takeaways New funds including Capital F, the Arāya Sie Fund and Aurora Ventures are raising capital specifically for women founders, often with majority-female investor bases. U.S. female-founded companies raised...
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Why the financing gap for women entrepreneurs is wider than approval rates suggest
September 16, 2026
Key takeaways 25% of women plan to start a business in 2026 and 47% call access to money their biggest obstacle, per a QuickBooks survey of 3,000 U.S. adults. Federal...