(1) There are VCs that are female friendly from the get go, rather than as an afterthought, for instance http://www.karmijnkapitaal.nl/
(2) What is also interesting to research is what the difference is in capital raised for what %age of equity vs teams consisting of all-males.
(3) The study started off with a self-selected group, which might affect the results either way, it would be good to repeat it across a larger number of subjects chosen at random.
I'd love to see the industry fixed but I have very little belief that that will happen. And a dominant safe haven would have the same effect as fixing the industry in the longer term, after all, an industry that is predatory and that marginalizes half the talentpool available is very much ripe for disruption.
Karmijn is doing fine, and they are promoting gender diverse management teams and founders, not just females.
It's important to make all spaces welcoming so people aren't boxed into spaces that subdue their potential by forcing them to work with people they don't mesh with just to be in an industry that suits their interests and talents.
> We believe in the power of diversity. We therefore invest in companies that are led by mixed management teams, consisting of a balanced combination of women and men.
They exclusively fund mixed-gender founding teams, which (I think) is unique.