When Women Venture to Get Venture Capital

The New York Venture Summit I attended earlier this week was packed with over 200 attendees from life sciences/healthcare, tech and education. Of the nearly 90 companies presenting, about 5% of the presenters were women. Only half of the 5% women were CEOs, many were development executives asked to do the pitch, because really who would a room full of men rather see, another tech guy or an attractive young woman? There is more Venture and Angel money being invested than ever – in 2013 alone $2...