Burkhard Maria Zimmermann<p>'LGBTQ+ founders have historically faced difficulty accessing capital compared to their peers, with investors accused of discrimination and bias against LGBTQ+ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entrepreneurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entrepreneurs</span></a>. </p><p>Research from California-based advocacy group <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StartOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StartOut</span></a> found less than 1% of VC funds raised in the US were invested in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/founders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>founders</span></a>, despite accounting for 7% of the population.' </p><p><a href="https://sifted.eu/articles/vc-europe-diversity-lgbtq-survey?_gl=1*tdwsbs*_up*MQ..*_ga*OTc0OTY0MzkzLjE3NDg5MzQxMjY.*_ga_3953BSELN9*czE3NDg5MzQxMjckbzEkZzEkdDE3NDg5MzQxNjMkajI0JGwwJGgxMzUwMTQ3OTM5*_ga_JBDM2SHQHK*czE3NDg5MzQxMjUkbzEkZzEkdDE3NDg5MzQxNjMkajIyJGwwJGg4MDk2NjcyNTQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sifted.eu/articles/vc-europe-d</span><span class="invisible">iversity-lgbtq-survey?_gl=1*tdwsbs*_up*MQ..*_ga*OTc0OTY0MzkzLjE3NDg5MzQxMjY.*_ga_3953BSELN9*czE3NDg5MzQxMjckbzEkZzEkdDE3NDg5MzQxNjMkajI0JGwwJGgxMzUwMTQ3OTM5*_ga_JBDM2SHQHK*czE3NDg5MzQxMjUkbzEkZzEkdDE3NDg5MzQxNjMkajIyJGwwJGg4MDk2NjcyNTQ</span></a>.</p>