Women-owned ventures now make up 42% of all businesses in the U.S., generating $1.9 trillion in annual revenue, according to the most recent annual State of Women-Owned Businesses report.

But many female founders still have a tough time raising the venture capital they need to get their new businesses off the ground. Just last month, Pitchfork reported that companies founded solely by women still represented just 2.7% of the money put into America’s venture capital-backed startups.

“I think it's going to get worse before it gets better,” designer Rebecca Minkoff told Yahoo Finance’s “On The Move” last week, while discussing Project Entrepreneur’s Investment Readiness Program, a collaboration between UBS and the Female Founder Collective.

“Especially right now, with women struggling, founders struggling across the nation, women are being hit the hardest. Also as caregivers, it's increasingly getting more difficult to run your business if you still can and care for those at home,” Minkoff noted.

To support female founders in the U.S. who face these challenges, Project Entrepreneur’s Investment Readiness Program offers a three-month course on fundraising skills for startups that have at least one female founder and are 50% female owned.

“We've really pivoted the programming to help women get support they need now. How do they stay in business? How do they reach new audiences in this time?” Minkoff said.

Later in the interview, she added, “We think in this new iteration, they'll be really suited to go out and fundraise if that's what they're going to go do.”

Pamela Mitchell is a producer at Yahoo Finance.

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