"because it's the right thing to do" The right thing to do is fund the best concepts that exist. I don't care if they're all women founded or all men founded.

"because it's the right thing to do" The right thing to do is fund the best concepts that exist. I don't care if they're all women founded or all men founded. The reason there aren't more women founders is the real problem at hand. It might be that women are more risk averse. It might be that there's a stigma against girls who program. It might be that there's a large enough population of women who are more focused on finding Mr. Right than founding the right company. I'm making up some numbers here, but if 1 in 5 companies are founded by women, then it wouldn't make sense to seek a 50/50 founding member gender breakdown in a YC class. That said, my guess is that more than 20% of companies you choose would be founded by women, because the women that did make it to the company founding stage are that much more likely to have the skill sets and the drive to be successful.