New York City, on the other hand, has produced the largest number of companies with a female founder: 374, or 21% of all startups. It turns out that the Big Apple beats out San Francisco (338 startups and 16%) on both fronts. And while we are on the subject of New York City, it’s worth noting that Brooklyn, considered on its own, is the national front-runner with 28% of startups, 33 in total, reporting at least one woman founder.