Women do have confidence issues, but so do men, although men tend to disclose them less and embrace risk more. Because of this, women pitch less to venture capitalists, and a smaller proportion of women “angels” back up social ventures.
Servane Mouazan, President of Ogunte, a social innovations development company based in London, UK shares her perspectives on supporting women entrepreneurs in:
https://socialenterprise.guardian.co.uk/en/articles/social-enterprise-network/2011/may/24/care-women-social-enterprise