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5 sourced facts about startup and small business funding, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answerabout 2%
Despite growth in overall VC funding, female founders have consistently received only a small single-digit share of total investment.
Source: Wikipedia, citing VC gender-gap research (2021) en.wikipedia.org
Answer$5 million
The SBA raised its main loan cap from $2 million to $5 million under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.
Source: Wikipedia, citing SBA program rules (2010) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout $750 million
Modern venture capital was still a small, niche industry in the late 1970s compared to today.
Source: Wikipedia, citing historical VC data (2024) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 1.087%
Venture investment as a share of the economy peaked around 1.1% of GDP in 2000, nearly 19 times its 1994 level.
Source: Wikipedia, citing historical VC data (2024) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 19.4%
Roughly one in five SBA-backed loans from that decade ultimately failed, at a cost of billions to taxpayers.
Source: Wikipedia, citing SBA performance data (2011) en.wikipedia.org