Only a sliver of $31 billion held by 200 VC firms is allocated to DEI investments.
Only a sliver of $31 billion held by 200 VC firms is allocated to DEI investments.
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Diversity VC reports 1.87% of venture capital allocated to women and minority-owned startups

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Only about 1.87% of $31 billion held by 200 venture capital funds has been allocated to startups with diverse leaders, according to a report from the nonprofit Diversity VC.

In a study analyzing capital allocation with Penn State, Diversity VC focused on how much money was going to underrepresented minorities and women.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.