for instance beckerblease and sohl isj show that women seek angel financing at rates substantially lower than that of men but have an equal probability of receiving investment conditional on searching for funding differences in aspirations may also play a role women are more likely to be associated with less capitalintensive businesses and less aggressive growth efforts kanze et al evidence from the united states seems to suggest that this cannot be the entire explanation indeed the representation of women in mba programmes as well as advanced science and engineering degrees has been substantially higher than their representation in the entrepreneurial sectors for the past two decades furthermore the underrepresentation of women as venturebacked entrepreneurs is not met by a similar underrepresentation in other highlycompensated professional fields such as medicine or law nor in jobs with similar humancapital profiles such as investment banking or consulting