I'm not aware of any body of data that contradicts the claim that returns will generally be higher (as a function of initial investment) for those who win that were most undervalued at the point of investment
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Okay, sure women founders may start relatively more consumer companies and fewer high tech and biotech companies. An those consumer companies may require much less capital. But as the article states, its not just transaction size, but total # transactions as well.
You would expect transaction size & # of transactions to trend together in this context. VCs care a lot more about the returns they can expect in a range of plausible best-case scenarios than anything else. There's a lot of overhead. Within reason, larger deals are preferable.
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There’s a lot of overhead in what?
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Since you decided not to respond, allow me to opine that VC is hands down one of the least overhead heavy industries in existence. I spent 5 years at a quality firm in VC, and switching industries, to quote a favorite film, ‘tis but the work of a moment.
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