What Types of People Raise Money for Web Startups? [INFOGRAPHIC]

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In the United States, venture capital investment can be crucial for getting a company off the ground. But who are the entrepreneurs that receive funding for their startups? CB Insights, a corporate information and research firm, released a report this week examining the age, race, gender and education of founders who have received funding this year, and the results may surprise you.

When many of us think of an Internet company we might think of a Michael Cera type character holed away in his parents’ basement but the stats from the report show some interesting trends. Entrepreneurs in 2010 are a relatively homogeneous lot: Most are older than you think and yet only a fraction are black (1%) or female (8%). Still there is some hope that good-old smarts wins the day; 98% have an undergrad degree or higher.

If you're interested, look our infographic or the documents for more interesting facts like which racial compositions received the highest funding or which job backgrounds generated the most founders.

Who's Getting the Money?

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Graphic by @lisawaananen.

The CB Insights Venture Capital Human Capital Report is based off of information collected during the first six months of 2010. The firm tracked 165 early-stage internet companies that raised their first round of venture capital funding.

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