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Female founders in game companies got 12.1% of game VC deals in 2024 | The DeanBeat (updated)


In the male-dominated landscape of game startups, women were only 0.11 percent of the game VC deal value in 2024.

Resting Pitch Face is a film by Shelby Moledina.But there’s a downside, as the Trump administration is working to make diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) illegal in various settings in the government, and that could have a chilling effect on efforts to raise more money for women-led companies. Terry Redfield, cofounder of Wicked Fox Games, said in a message to GamesBeat, “I’m feeling the 2% because even though I’ve been told I was the first woman to raise over $1 million back in 2015, and my pedigree has vastly improved since then. Perrin Kaplan, founder of Zebra Partners public relations, said in a message to GamesBeat, “I see rays of sunshine of growth for women leaders in leading companies or raising funds.

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