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Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV), the pioneering ‘tech for good’ venture capital firm, has announced the first close of its latest fund, which is set to continue its track record of investing in technology for good. To date, a total of £33 million has been committed to the fund by investors including the British Business Bank,…
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with the Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs (CIFE) has unveiled the new-look Invest in Women Hub at a launch event in Manchester. The Invest in Women Hub is the go-to resource for female founders seeking to understand how to access the finance needed to start,…
Last week we celebrated the Invest in Women Hub with an event hosted by UBS in Manchester. Representatives from across the entrepreneurial landscape including female founders and investors came together to discuss the current landscape for entrepreneurs in Manchester and across the UK. We opened with a fantastic keynote from Emma Wheeler, member of the Council…
Start Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank, has delivered more than £1bn of loans since its inception in 2012. The loans have been issued to 105,109 businesses, at an average of £9,547 per business. Almost 70% of loans have gone to businesses outside London and the South East and £371m of loans (nearly…
After the success of the UBS Female Founder Award in 2021 and 2022, the program is back for its third year! The UBS Female Founder Award recognises female start-up founders, co-founders, or c-suite executives in the fin-tech and enterprise tech space. Join UBS for the global launch of this year’s award on 14th September and…
Alliance Hack is inviting start-ups and established fintech’s to innovate scalable solutions that can break down systemic barriers and unlock the full power of the female economy. The deadline to apply is 12th September. Keep reading to find out more.
This year marked the first ever ‘National Women’s Enterprise Week’ (19th – 23rd June 2023) launched by Make it YOUR Business, Donna Lambert and Alison Cork MBE. To celebrate this wonderful initiative a National Women’s Enterprise Week event was held at The British Library on 21st June.
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.