Venture Capital Warms Up to Women-Led Startups in Health: Chart

(Bloomberg) -- Venture-capital funding is accelerating for startups focused on health care and run by women, according to data from research firm PitchBook. 2015 was a record year for these female entrepreneurs, who clinched $4.6 billion -- almost a fifth of all capital that flowed into health-care startups and double the previous year's funding. 

To contact the reporter on this story: Johannes Koch in Berlin at jkoch34@bloomberg.net. To contact the editors responsible for this story: Chitra Somayaji at csomayaji@bloomberg.net, Kristen Hallam

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