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Female Entrepreneurs: gender diversity across the UK’s high-growth ecosystem
We’ve highlighted key trends amongst, and disparities between, all-female, mixed-gender and all-male founding teams; from the funding they’ve received to the key support systems they’ve leveraged.
Produced in partnership with Newable.
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mixed-gender founding teams
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What’s inside?
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![Analysis of investment trends into female-founded companies](https://www.beauhurst.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/FF-equity-analysis.png)
![Analysis of grants awarded to female-founded businesses](https://www.beauhurst.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/FF-Grant-analysis.png)
![accelerators for female entrepreneurs](https://www.beauhurst.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/FF-accelerator-analysis.png)
Companies
25% of the UK’s high-growth companies have a female founder, but which regions have a particularly high proportion and which may need more support?
Equity investment
The proportion of equity deals secured by teams with a female founder has increased from 14% in 2011 to a high of 22% in 2017. This figure has plateaued since.
Grant funding
Since 2012 the share of large innovation grants awarded to female founders has quadrupled to 16% – still a very low proportion.
accelerators
Fully-female-founded companies are most likely to have grown through an accelerators, more commonly opting for structure programmes instead of funding transactions.
About the authors
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hannah skingle>
Hannah leads on Beauhurst's data-driven publications and content creation, and is an expert on emerging trends in the UK's high-growth space. Hannah studied Liberal Arts with a major in English Literature at King's College London.
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Ava scott>
Ava is an expert data cruncher and business analyst in the Research & Consultancy team. She provides research and insights for multiple clients, including the Royal Academy of Engineering, Syndicate Room and Penningtons Manches. She holds a BA in Human Sciences from the University of Oxford.
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Ella halmari>
Ella is a visual design and data analysis specialist. She is an expert in data visualisation and content creation, playing a lead role in analysis and production of Beauhurst’s data-driven publications and brand communications. Ella holds a post-graduate diploma in Visual Communication from UAL and law degree from King's College London..
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