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Far from Levelling the Playing Field: Understanding the Gender Differences in Venture Capital Financing in India

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dc.contributor.authorJacob, Manna
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-26T18:35:26Z
dc.date.available2022-01-26T18:35:26Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-26
dc.date.submitted2022-01-24
dc.description.abstractDespite all the government initiatives aimed at empowering women in India, women entrepreneurs continue to face significant financial challenges in the country. The women may gain access to debt capital, but they have limited access to equity capital in the form of venture or late-stage funding. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of venture capital (VC) funding during the period 2015-2020 for women-owned enterprises in India by comparing the venture capital investments in firms led by women and men across the stages of financing, industry sector, geographic location, and size. The findings from the study indicate that in the past decade venture financing of women led businesses have improved in India, both in terms of the number of investments and the amount of dollars invested. However, in terms of the amount of dollars invested, firms with women founders receive much lesser than the firms with no women founders. The research findings will help investors in devising ways to use investment capital to bridge economic and social gender gaps and provide a strong evidence base for integrating gender considerations into investing strategies in countries such as India.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/17986
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectgenderen
dc.subjectentrepreneurshipen
dc.subjectventure capitalen
dc.subjectstartupen
dc.subjectIndiaen
dc.subjectinvestmenten
dc.subjectwomenen
dc.titleFar from Levelling the Playing Field: Understanding the Gender Differences in Venture Capital Financing in Indiaen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Applied Environmental Studiesen
uws-etd.degree.departmentSchool of Environment, Enterprise and Developmenten
uws-etd.degree.disciplineSustainability Managementen
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws-etd.embargo.terms0en
uws.contributor.advisorWeber, Olaf
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Environmenten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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