Only one percent of all venture capital goes to companies with female founders, according to a survey conducted by DI Digital. 

- From the public side, we have difficulty accessing how private venture capital acts, but there is reason for the business community itself to ask whether they really benefit from the innovative power that exists in Sweden when distributing resources so unevenly, says Märta Stenevi in ​​a interview in Ekonomibyrån.

She also wants Vinnova and Almi, which distribute government venture capital, to focus more on gender equality issues. 

- The state actors must set a good example when it comes to investing in companies run by women.

There is an important task for Vinnova and Almi to look at these issues when allocating government venture capital, says Märta Stenevi.  

The government does not take its responsibility 

The government has an important role as an investor, says Linda Waxin who is the founder and general secretary of the organization Ownershift.

But she does not think that the government takes responsibility for the capital they manage being distributed equally.  

- It is unreasonable that the money that Märta Stenevi has power over is not even mapped where it goes to today.

Ownership and gender are not mapped.

To throw shit at the business world when you do not have a clean house at home, I do not think it's okay, says Linda Waxin. 

"Investors lose huge potential"

The large unequal distribution between the sexes is especially visible among tech startups.

Tech companies with female founders may take part in only one percent of the total venture capital, DI Digital's review shows. 

- It is also extremely difficult for women with how to be judged and how to find these networks that are not as natural for women and other groups.

It will not happen automatically.

Investors must look in new areas, says venture capitalist Nora Bavey.

Misses return and innovation

The Minister for Gender Equality, Märta Stenevi, believes that the business community is losing a great deal of competence by opting out of women and people with a background other than all-Swedish.  

- I also think that there is very poor profitability in such decisions, says Märta Stenevi.   

Nora Bavey agrees.

- They lose an enormous potential in both return and innovation, she says.