The Hidden Capital Crisis

The Numbers That Should Stop Us in Our Tracks

In Q2 2025, Women's Agenda reported that women-only founding teams in Australia raised less than 0.5% of total startup funding. Not 5%. Not even 1%. Half a percent.

Globally, of the $289 billion in venture capital deployed in 2024, only 2.3% went to female-only teams ($6.7B). Meanwhile, 83.6% went to all-male teams ($241.9B) [2]. Meanwhile, in Australia, female founders received just 2% of venture funding in 2024 [1].

This isn’t a women’s issue. It’s a capital allocation failure.