Science is a collaborative discipline, yet science is being held back by a gender gap. Long-standing biases and gender stereotypes are steering girls and women away from science-related fields. We want to break these biases and show that women can raise capital for their ventures as well as men.

To celebrate the Day of Women and Girls in Science, we have compiled a list of some of the most well-funded venture-backed women founders of privately held companies in our markets, the US, Europe and China.

Also, today, we want to celebrate the talented women founders in NGP Capital's portfolio, including Ritu Narayan (Zūm), Lydia Yan (NEXT), Stephanie Tilenius (Vida), Madhura Maskasky (Platform9), and Ida Tin (Clue).

This data is derived from Q. Q is an artificial intelligence software we are developing to uncover and evaluate high-growth companies. Q is monitoring over 500,000 unique companies, using data points such as funding, investors, social and earned media, and web traffic to automatically identify, track, and forecast company performance. Q is still young, read more about it here.

The data is provided by Q, NGP Capital's AI software. Data criteria: VC-backed, privately held, active, in regions tracked by Q (US, China, Europe), have (at least) one female founder.

Is your data different? If yes, we would love to discuss as Q is still young. For more information, contact us at team@ngpcap.com or on Twitter @ngpcapital.

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