Powered by data analytics platform mnAI, the Gender Index uses data from all 4.5 million active UK companies. The report measures the number of women-led businesses in every part of the country, their growth and their impact on the economy.
Female Innovators Lab, the venture fund and studio run by specialist fund manager Anthemis, anchored by Barclays and backed by Aviva, has become the largest early-stage FinTech fund dedicated to companies founded by women following recent additional investments.
In 2022, women launched 151,603 companies, more than twice the number in 2018, according to an independent review led by Alison Rose, chief executive of NatWest Group.