Post by Brenda Bazan and Nancy Hayes, MoolaHoop Co-Founders This week marks an important milestone in realizing our dreams to help other women entrepreneurs realize theirs. Women-owned businesses represent almost 30% of all new startups in the US, yet women entrepreneurs receive just 5% of all venture capital and only 12% of all institutional debt. As a result, most women-owned businesses are smaller from the onset, absorb more personal debt, and grow more slowly.