Women-Led Startups On The Rise In Atlantic Canada
When Bob Williamson introduced the pitching competition finalists at Invest Atlantic last week, he proudly mentioned that half the presenters this year were female, a huge gain over the past few years.
The remarks by the head of Invest Atlantic are another indication that the Atlantic Canadian startup community is making headway with the goal of gender parity. To be clear, the community is a long way from being evenly divided in male- and female-led companies, but there are signs of progress.
As part of Entrevestor’s 2017 Atlantic Canadian Startup Data report, we assessed how many high-growth innovation companies in the region are headed by women. The headline number: 68 East Coast innovation startups have female CEOs, or 14 percent of the total number we tracked in 2017.
We conducted a similar study in 2014 and we counted 23 female CEOs, or 8 percent of the total community at the time. So, the number of female-led startups is rising both in absolute terms and as a percentage of the startup community.
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