女性天使投资者：推动英国的创新与增长

WomenAngel Powering innovation andgrowth in the UK Contents ForewordIntroductionThe changing landscape of angel investmentAngel investmentKey findingsAngel investors in the UKWomen angel investors in the UKWomen backing women3681011121314 Foreword Speaking as someone with personalexperience of angel investinginto female-led businesses I havewitnessed first-hand the innovationit yields and progress they bring. Itis heartening to see an increasingnumber of women investing in theUK. Yet the opportunity ahead iseven greater, particularly given our The evidence is clear: when morewomen participate as investors,they expand the pool of capital,diversify decision making andhelp more businesses scale andsucceed. Paving the way for more employ over 500k people andgenerate £83.8bn in turnover. We must championthose women angelinvestors whosenumbers have grown by60% since the previousanalysis in 2022. Thebacking they haveprovided to c.6,500 Yet the benefits of this vital capitaland collaboration are felt unevenlyacross the UK. I was heartened toread of the increase in angelinvesting in the regions and thecrucial role that angel syndicateshave played in driving this activity.The increase in funding from the The results of this report from theInvest in Women Taskforce andUKBAA, fill me with both optimismfor the future and a determinationto go further. We must championthose women angel investors whosenumbers have grown by 60% sincethe previous analysis in 2022. Thebacking they have provided toc.6,500 high growth companies and As Minister for Investment I amdedicated to driving much neededinvestment into the talentedbusinesses in the UK, particularlythose in the high growth scalingtechnology sector. This reporthighlights the indispensable Lord Stockwood of Great Grimsby & CleethorpesMinister for InvestmentDepartment for Business and Trade and His Majesty’s Treasury Foreword As leader of the Invest in WomenTaskforce Angel Investment Sub-Committee, I am pleased to bringto light this important new data onwomen angel investment, three anda half years on from the first in-depth research by Beauhurst. The2022 report demonstrated the vitalimportance of women angel investorsin our economy and notably provedthat women back women founders.It provided us with a first baseline of14% of women investors in the Angel Armed with this new evidence, we willredouble our efforts to turbochargethe women Angel investment marketacross the UK, working in partnershipwith the investment community,industry and government. We alsolook forward to collaborating withthe roll-out of the British BusinessBank’s new expanded capacitybuilding programme, aimed atemerging Women and Diverse Angel The new data also reveals how womenAngels are powering innovationand growth. Since 2015, they havebacked 6,595 entrepreneurs acrossall the key Industrial Strategy growthsectors, boosting employment andproductivity. Notably, women Angelsare backing even more women, Armed with this newevidence, we willredouble our efforts toturbocharge the women Nevertheless, the proportion of womenAngel investors has only changedvery slightly from 14% to 14.1%since 2022, whilst the overall Angelpopulation has grown to 50,000. Thismeans that we have still not movedthe needle sufficiently to achieveour 30% target for the proportion ofwomen in the Angel market by 2030.Furthermore, since 2022, we have The 2025 report highlights significantprogress, revealing that more than3,000 additional women have joinedthe Angel investment market since Jenny Tooth OBEExecutive ChairUK Business Angels Association Foreword As co-chairs of the Invest in WomenTaskforce, we are committed todriving meaningful change andcreating a more inclusive investmentlandscape. This latest report fromBeauhurst, laying bare the extent of the need for collective action acrossGovernment and the private sectorto counter this trend; leveragingall available policy instruments,including a deliberate incentive toback founders that are too often translated into more investment, morejob creation, and more innovationgeneration for UK PLC.1 However, whilst it is heartening to seemore women participating in angelinvestment, several challenges remain.The proportion of women angels hasseen little improvement, standingat just 14.1% of all angels, albeitthey are responsible for over 30%of investment into female-founded overlooked, such as through anextended EIS tax relief. We alsocan’t ignore the role that womenangel syndicates have played here indriving progress.4Syndicates providewomen with a sense of community Debbie Wosskow OBECo-ChairInvest in Women Taskforce The ethos of the Taskforce is torecognise the importance andopportunity of the fact that womenback women. It is why we have set upour funding pool to ensure we havefemale representation in InvestmentCommittees, as we know the outsized businesses. Compounding this, thebroader economic climate threatensto erode these hard-won gains, as theoverall value