Female-founded startups raised a record $73.6 billion in the US in 2025, but most of the growth came from just two AI companies. Tara Chklovski, founder and chief executive of Technovation, shares why.
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July 3, 20264 minute read
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Female-founded startups raised a record $73.6 billion in the United States in 2025, according to PitchBook's "All In" report, nearly double the $44.7 billion raised in 2023.
Read quickly, that looks like progress. Read closely, it is not. Anthropic ...
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