From the essay's footnotes: > The 13% number is from a study we did ourselves What 13% number? I don't see the number 13 mentioned anywhere else on the page.

From the essay's footnotes: > The 13% number is from a study we did ourselves What 13% number? I don't see the number 13 mentioned anywhere else on the page. I suppose it's related to this line: > In the current YC batch, 16 out of 68 companies, or 24%, have female founders. That's almost twice the rate at which VCs fund such companies ...but if so, it could be stated more explicitly.