Venture Capital: Equality
Commons · Question 45742 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Sarah Olney
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make his policy to require venture capital firms to (a) record and (b) publish the diversity of founders receiving investment.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 29 Apr 2025
The Department is working to improve access to finance for diverse founders. An example of one initiative is the Investing in Women Code.It was established in 2019 as a recommendation of the Alison Rose Review to increase transparency and data reporting o...