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However, the numbers that DeckSender have are starting to show promise with the UAE leading the way with a remarkable 70% of startups being by led by Female founders and the average of the top 10 countries for female founders coming in at 32% of all businesses seeking investment via DeckSender.

The UK languishes at 16th position in the list with just 12% of startups from female founders. The DeckSender global average for female founders sits at 21% currently.

Only in Israel, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, United Kingdom & the United States are female founders asking for more than male founders.

Of the 66 countries worldwide represented on the DeckSender platform, just 19 of them (28%) have both male & female founders competing for investment. 44 countries (66%) are 100% male dominated. Just 3 countries (4.5%), are 100% female founder dominated.

In the 19 countries where both male and female founders are competing for investment, the average female founder ask is 846k versus 912k for male founders, almost 8% less.

In the 19 countries where both male and female founders are competing for investment, there are 13 countries (68%) where male founders ask for more than their female counterparts, on average they are asking for a whopping 6.5x the female founders ask.

In the 19 countries where both male and female founders are competing for investment, there are 6 countries (31%) where female founders ask for more than male founders, the multiple asked is half at 3.3x the male founders ask.

When it comes to who and where are the smartest startup founders, it's a solid win for female founders.

Female founders are comprehensively outranking male founders when it comes to the number of founders who hold a PHD qualification. The DeckSender global average for founders holding a PHD stands at 2.8% for males but 6.3% of females. Female founders from the USA have a massive lead with 15% versus 2.4%. Some 6x compared to males.

Mike Sutton, co-founder of DeckSender comments "DeckSender is excited to release these figures on gender inequality in our investment ecosystem. We're excited because we are both shining a light on the inequalities around the world for female founders but also shining a beacon in the sky saying "things are hopefully changing for the better".

"If you look at the numbers from the UAE, 70% of founders using DeckSender are female. Our mission is democratising access to investment, this stands out to us and makes us happy to see. We're excited for what's coming over the next 12 months as we look to add more investors in different parts of the world to expand our global reach for Startup's but also reach more Startup's and ambitious founders outside of the traditional investment hubs of London, Berlin, New York, San Francisco & Singapore no matter their backgrounds or gender."

"Also, the fact that 17% of Startups using DeckSender to pitch for investment get through to investment committee stage versus the accepted industry figure of about 8% makes me smile as we're achieving our goal of getting people through the doors at investment firms. "

Doug Scott, co-founder of DeckSender also said "There is talent globally but investment does not seem to match the diversity of people and places and so access is limited. The world needs more founders to bring their ideas and talents forwards to help address the challenges we face, DeckSender is our attempt to make that easier. Hopefully we can keep shining a light on issues such as these in our industry and help everyone involved move forward to become a more inclusive, exciting and fair ecosystem."

Doug added: "As we grow and reach more founders hopefully we'll have some better numbers at the end of 2020 that show we're making investment more accessible to everyone. Also, we'd love to be able to give a little more meat on the bone as to why male founders are asking so much more and why there are so many are female founders with phd's in the US etc, and as we grow we'll start asking for more information from founders so sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date on what we are doing and learning if this kind of report is interesting to you."