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Exploiting random variation in the number of venture capitalist (VC) judges assigned to panels at Harvard Business Schoolâ€™s New Venture Competition (NVC) between 2000 and 2015, we find that exposure to more VC judges increases male participantsâ€™ chances of founding a VC-backed startup after HBS much more than this exposure increases female participantsâ€™ chances. A survey suggests this is in part because male participants more often proactively reach out to VC judges after the NVC. Our results suggest that networking frictions are an important reason men benefit more than women from exposure to VCs. Such frictions can help explain part of the gender gap in entrepreneurship, and also have implications for how to design networking opportunities to facilitate financing of the best (rather than just the best networked) ideas.

Networking Frictions in Venture Capital, and the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship