Women-owned or led startups have received fewer than 15 per cent of grants through the federal government’s flagship Industry Growth Program over the past year, sparking concerns that structural barriers are not being adequately addressed.
Just nine of the 96 grants from the early-stage commercialisation initiative designed to bridge the ‘valley of death’ facing startups went to women-owned business in the year to October 31, while 10 went to women-run …
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