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Given the many fits pitched about the female founders conference, women-focused coding programs, etc. can you imagine the storm of indignation that would emerge if it ever became public that a fund was doing this?

It's public. Every woman knows this. Every female startup founder is painfully aware of what this study confirms. They experience this all the time.

I meant a deliberate choice to institutionally favor female founders to correct for what the study (and experience) has shown, which is what the poster above me suggested.

It's a suggestion I actually agree with, but the shitstorm that would ensue...

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