After a record-shattering 2021 in venture capital fundraising for Arizona companies founded by women, this year pales in comparison.
A new report from Pitchbook found that Arizona companies with at least one woman founder or co-founder raised $44 million in venture capital across 21 deals during the first three quarters of this year. That’s just a fraction of the $528 million raised in 37 deals in 2021.
But last year was an anomaly during a red-hot investment wave, and the 2022 deal count is…