In 2024, the Department for Business and Trade’s Venture Capital Unit launched the Female Founders Initiative to address the funding gap facing some of the UK’s most promising tech founders. This initiative will support female founders to raise funds from international venture capital investors.
Check out the YouTube video below to find out more about how this initiative will support female founders to raise funds from international Venture Capital investors.
Click here to meet the 2024 cohort and find out more about the 10 founders who will be offered mentors, promoted to Venture Capital investors around the world and given opportunities to join investment events.
If you’re a UK-based female tech founder planning a Series A-C funding round in 2025-26, apply for the next cohort. You can register your interest here: https://forms.office.com/e/UEQdJcGGqr