Just 3% Of Venture Capitalists Are Female, But There Are Reasons To Be Optimistic

Therese Tucker’s BlackLine Systems, an accountancy software platform she built and ran herself, has $220 million in its coffers for growth thanks to its success – and to the patronizing folly of the old boys’ club on Sand Hill Road. Back in 2008, when she needed funds, she took her pitch to Silicon Valley’s VCs, a profession that’s 96% male. One had some ideas about making her company better — like firing her.