The way a VC asks a question greatly affects the amount of funding granted. In general, a VC will either ask questions that naturally promotes the business by the structure of the inquiry or brings into question the validity of the business. Promotion questions results in much greater funding. VC tend to ask male owned business promotion questions while VC tend to ask female owned business the latter question raising viability concerns. The Harvard Business review article below describes the impact of this and brings good news in how to overcome this challenge.