The #MeToo movement provided a much-needed catalyst for women in the VC and startup landscapes. VC deal activity for female-founded companies with female angel participation covered nearly 30% of all deals in 2021, a trend that started in 2018 and continues to grow today. PitchBook’s latest All In Report and J.P. Morgan’s inaugural board diversity study are in-depth looks at women in the startup ecosystem, from a dealmaking standpoint and from a governance standpoint. In partnership with J.P. Morgan, our panel of speakers will explore the rise of female founders and investors, the importance of boardroom diversity and other relevant developments in the space.

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Key takeaways will include

• Examining the ratio of female funding compared to the overall market, as well as valuation discrepancies for early- and late-stage startups
• Why female GPs are a catalyst for increasing the numbers of female founders
• PitchBook’s female founder data surrounding fintech, biotech & pharma, cleantech, digital health and software
• Appointing existing female employees to boards as window dressing versus retaining independent directors willing to challenge the status quo

 

Related PitchBook reports

• 2021 All In: Female Founders in the US VC Ecosystem 
• 2020 All In: Female Founders and CEOs in the US VC Ecosystem
• 2019 All In: Women in the VC Ecosystem

Featuring

Pamela Aldsworth
Head of Venture Capital Relationships, J.P. Morgan

Pamela Aldsworth is Head of Venture Capital Relationships for the innovation economy. In her role, she leads a national team of venture experts, and drives the strategy to provide access and expertise to the VC community and their portfolio companies. Working alongside VCs, to do right by founders, she brings more than 25 years of financial services experience and leadership to J.P. Morgan since joining the firm in November 2019. Delivering J.P. Morgan’s global platform to venture-backed startups and high-growth companies across every sector and stage of growth–her team also offers financial, tech, and venture expertise to their clients, partners and expanded network.

Boston-based, Pamela was previously with Silicon Valley Bank, where she led their Venture Capital Relationship Management practice. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Lycoming College. She has served as an advisory board member for Santa Clara University’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and as a board of trustees member for Palo Alto University.


Katie Rae
CEO and Managing Partner, The Engine

Katie serves as the CEO & Managing Partner of The Engine, a venture capital fund built by MIT, that invests in early-stage companies solving the world’s biggest problems through the convergence of breakthrough science, engineering and leadership. She serves as a Board Member for Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Form Energy, Via Separations, Lilac Solutions, Sublime Systems, WoHo, and VEIR. Katie has advised hundreds of founders and invested in over 100 companies. Key investments include Pillpack (acquired by Amazon for $1B), Bevi, GrabCad, Synack, Zagster, NBD Nano, Neurala and Amino. She holds an MBA from Yale and BA in Biology from Oberlin College.

 
Alex Lykken
Senior Analyst, Custom Research and Publishing, PitchBook

Alex Lykken is a senior analyst at PitchBook, which Morningstar acquired in 2016. He helps produce and disseminate highly customized research projects and white papers for PitchBook clients. He rejoined the company in 2017 after working in PitchBook’s editorial division between 2012 and 2015, where he wrote research reports covering the private equity and venture capital industries as well as the global M&A landscape. Between stints at PitchBook he worked with Global Portfolio Solutions, the OCIO division of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he led product management efforts for large institutional clients like corporate pensions, college endowments, sovereign wealth funds and central banks. He holds bachelor’s degrees in history and political science from Central Washington University.