'The Case for Gender Diversity for Women Entrepreneurs' by Monica Dodi, Managing Director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund

Recently, there have been numerous research studies by McKinsey, the Boston Consulting Group, the Kaufman Foundation, Dow Jones and the National Center for Women in Technology that have shown that gender diversity significantly increases profitability, productivity and return on investment.Nonetheless, over 90 percent of venture capital investments in the US go to all male teams! This is an almost unbelievable number because intuitively we know that diversity of any kind allows for better decision making and risk mitigation. Companies succeed when different perspectives are incorporated in their strategies.