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# The State of Seed Stage Funding to Underrepresented Founders
- URL: https://werd.io/the-state-of-seed-stage-funding-to-underrepresented-founders/
- Published: 2023-08-22T18:50:05.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-22T18:50:05.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

“White women founded companies comprise 79% of reported early-stage VC dollars going to underrepresented founders and 64% of investments made into companies with underrepresented founders by deal count. Ecosystem-wide, we need to up our game by investing seed money into a broader spectrum of founders of color.” [#Startups](https://werd.io/tag/Startups)

\[[Link](https://medium.com/bbg-ventures/seed-funding-to-underrepresented-founders-11d8ae144a48)\]