British Business Bank Tackles UK Gender Funding Gap with £1m Commitment Alongside Angel Academe Fund

British Business Bank tackles UK gender funding gap with £1m commitment alongside Angel Academe Fund

The British Business Bank has committed an initial £1 million to co-invest with Angel Academe, who are a founding signatory of the Investing in Women Code. Female founders in the UK receive less than 2% of all venture capital and this commitment is designed to address this disparity and support more female founders. The funds, managed by SyndicateRoom in partnership with Angel Academe, invest exclusively in high-growth companies with at least on…

British Business Bank commits £1m to tackling gender funding gap

The British Business Bank has committed an initial £1m to co-invest with Angel Academe, a founding signatory of the Investing in Women Code.  Investing in Women Code is a commitment to support the advancement of female entrepreneurship in the UK by improving female entrepreneurs’ access to tools, resources and finance from the financial services sector.  The British Business Bank’s capital will be used alongside Angel Academe’s private investors…

British Business Bank pledges £1m to close gender funding gap through Angel Academe partnership

Britain’s state-backed economic development bank has thrown its weight behind one of the country’s most enduring venture capital problems, committing an initial £1 million to co-invest with Angel Academe in female-led businesses across the United Kingdom. The British Business Bank’s capital, announced today, will sit alongside private money raised by Angel Academe and its EIS fund, which is managed in partnership with crowdfunding-turned-fund-ma…