Recent research shows that only 9% of all UK start-up funding goes to women-led businesses and, shockingly, only 1p in every £1 of venture capital investment currently goes to women-led start-ups.
Business Angel and CEO of Mint Ventures, Gillian Flemming, shares her insight on Angel Investment.Â
Women’s wealth is continuing to increase – right now across the UK women hold 48% of our country’s wealth and this is forecast to increase to 60% by 2025 – yet only 14% of our business angels are women. This inequality means that both women investors and women entrepreneurs are missing out on so much financial potential.