<span style="">Mayor Eric Garcetti's Office of Economic Development cordially invites you to attend a Small Business Roundtable to discuss strategies for increasing access to capital for women entrepreneurs City-wide.</span><br><br><span style="">It's widely known that Los Angeles is a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity, with women entrepreneurs one of the fastest-growing segments of our burgeoning small business community. However, only 2% of venture capital funding is invested in women-owned businesses and they receive 50% less in lender financing than their male counterparts. This Roundtable will include a group of leaders in women's entrepreneurship and financing to discuss how we might foster maximum access of women entrepreneurs in starting and building profitable businesses by accessing appropriate forms of capital<span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="">I look forward to your participation in this discussion.</span></span><br>