{"id":71897,"date":"2018-08-29T22:22:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T03:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=71897"},"modified":"2018-09-01T12:03:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T17:03:51","slug":"female-founders-and-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/female-founders-and-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Founders and Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexa Adler<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Female founders receive less than 3 percent of venture capital funding. In this TV special, Alexa Adler interviews industry experts Nicole Yeary, Samara Mejia Hernandez, Desiree Vargas Wrigley and Sam Yagan to learn more about this disparity.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Female Founders and Funding\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/287363290?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Alexa Adler hosts a TV special about gender related funding disparities for founders. (Alexa Adler\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexa Adler Medill Reports Female founders receive less than 3 percent of venture capital funding. In this TV special, Alexa Adler interviews industry experts Nicole Yeary, Samara Mejia Hernandez, Desiree Vargas Wrigley and Sam Yagan to learn more about this disparity. 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