Studies clearly illustrate that investing in women-led companies is great business for investors, yet the biggest chokehold in venture capital continues to be gender injustice.Our guest, Xiao Jean (XJ) Chen, is an award-winning business and technology hybrid, angel investor, and the Founder & CEO of VenturePole, a Swiss-based, AI-powered venture investment platform.VCs continue to display little innovation in how they make investment decisions, which is infected by human bias, resulting in a gender gap of over $130 billion.VenturePole is armed with smart tools, including Investment Risk Rating, Valuation Calculator, Company Strength and Weakness Analysis, as well as automated due diligence.To learn more about VenturePole, please visit: https://venturepole.com/When you join VenturePole, your first 30 days are free. To receive an entire year FREE use this discount code AFTER the 30-day trial: AndeConnect and follow XJ and VenturePole via:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venturepole/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiaojeanchen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/xiaojeanchen and https://twitter.com/VenturePole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xj.chen/ and https://www.instagram.com/venturepole_/ How platform works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNmxiUJFG2w Learn more about Scroobious here:Grab Peter Theil's book Zero to One here: https://amzn.to/3u5boAt00:00 - meet VenturePole founder Xiao Jean Chen09:00 - how XJ used a Google scholarship and hackathons to dive deep into tech13:00 - how difficult it is for female founders to raise funds, especially for nonwhite female founders17:00 - why aren't VCs looking at more female-led deals?19:00 - for every 4 male-led startups, there are 3 female-led startups doing the exact same thing28:00 - The real reason female entrepreneurs get less fundingDana Kanze - watch the whole TED Talk here:https://www.ted.com/talks/dana_kanze_the_real_reason_female_entrepreneurs_get_less_funding?language=en29:00 - how VenturePole's platform works35:00 - what is gender injustice in venture capital?54:00 - is it okay to be a solo startup founder or do you need co-founders58:00 - who really writes the check at a venture capital fund?Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande Lyonshttp://andelyons.comCONNECT WITH ME ONLINE: https://andelyons.com https://twitter.com/AndeLyonshttps://www.facebook.com/StartupLifew... https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons/ https://www.instagram.com/ande_lyons/ https://www.pinterest.com/andelyons/<

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