Victoria Zhou, Shreya Shekhar, and Mary D'Onofrio.
QED Investors; Greylock; Bessemer Venture Partners; Business Insider
The venture market may have slowed in 2025. Women still moved up.
The list highlights women in investing roles who became partners or rose to higher titles in 2025.
Dealmakers work at firms including Khosla Ventures, Greylock, Lightspeed, and Bain Capital Ventures.
Women are still climbing the venture ladder, though the ladder has gotten harder to climb.
The share of women decision-makers at big venture capital firms stayed flat at 17% in 2024, according to a PitchBook analysis of firms managing $50 million or more.
Institutional investors who put money into venture funds held back in 2025 despite a rebound in startup exits. When firms take longer to lock in new money, they often slow hiring and get stingier with titles, as it's easier for them to justify new seats and promotions after a close.
US venture firms raised $45.7 billion across 376 funds through the third quarter, putting the industry on track for its lowest annual haul since 2017, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. Fund managers took a median of 15.6 months to close a fund, up from 9.7 months in 2022, PitchBook found.
For women — a minority of dealmakers — the chill can feel even colder. And yet, women continued to advance. The list below highlights women in investing roles who became partners or rose to higher titles in 2025, at firms including Khosla Ventures, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures.
Business Insider listed investors alphabetically by firm name.
