Live Campaign · 2026

2% → 3%

The campaign to move UK female founder VC — in 12 months

All-female founding teams receive 2p of every £1 of UK venture capital. That figure has not moved in a decade. We are tracking every deal, publicly, until the number does.

12 months · Campaign closes 18 March 2027

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Current: ~2% Target: 3% · 18 March 2027

Submit a Deal → Our Methodology

Verified deals
tracked · 2026

£0

Capital
tracked · 2026

~2%

Current female
founder VC share

£310B

GDP prize · full
gender parity

The baseline · UK VC 2025

Where we started — and why it matters

£14.4B

Total UK VC
invested · 2025

£1.6B

Raised by female-founded
teams (inc. mixed) · 11%

~2%

Raised by
all-female teams only

Share of total UK VC · 2025

All UK startups 100%

Female-founded (inc. mixed teams) 11%

All-female founding teams only ~2%

Sources: Female Foundry Innovation Index 2026 · British Business Bank · PitchBook All In · Dealroom
Full methodology and data sources →

Moving one percentage point · The measurable impact

£144M

New capital · Year one

Direct Capital

Moving from 2% to 3% releases £144M of new capital to female-founded teams in a single year — funding approximately 137 companies that currently go unfunded entirely.

6,850

Jobs · Within 36 months

High-Quality Jobs

VC-backed companies employ 10–50 people within three years. Across 137 new companies: 1,370–6,850 new high-wage, innovation-sector jobs. The fastest route to the government's own employment targets.

£30B

GVA · 5-year horizon

GDP Unlocked

A sustained 50% increase in female-founder VC, compounded over five years, could unlock £15–30B in incremental GVA. Deloitte estimates full parity would contribute £180B GVA to the UK economy.

£274M

Tax revenue · 5 years

Treasury Returns

Each female-founded company reaching scale generates £500K–£2M in corporation tax and employer NI over five years. Across 137 companies: £68–274M — before PAYE from the jobs created.

+63%

Returns vs all-male teams

Investor Returns

Female-founded companies generate 35% higher ROI (Kauffmann Fellows) and perform 63% better over ten years (First Round Capital). Twice the revenue per pound invested. This is a structural pricing error.

£310B

Full gender parity prize

The Full Prize

The Women & Equalities Committee puts forgone economic value at £310B — GDP left on the table because of who gets the cheques. The 2% → 3% shift is the first, most achievable tranche of that prize.

Read the full economic case →

"In a single year, all-male founding teams raised more than three times what all-female teams raised over the previous decade combined. The Women and Equalities Committee's conclusion was unambiguous: voluntary measures have failed. State intervention is now necessary."

The Rise Report 2026 · Women & Equalities Committee, October 2025

2026 Verified Deals

Live tracker

Full tracker →

No verified 2026 deals yet

We launched this campaign in March 2026 and are actively scanning six UK publications twice daily. The emptiness here is the story — and exactly why this campaign exists.

Know about a deal? Submit it →

2025 reference deals — verified benchmarks from press sources. Level Zero Health £4.5M Pre-Seed (Feb 2025) · Fit Collective £3M Pre-Seed (Nov 2025) · Nu Quantum ~£47M Series A (2025). Full methodology →

How the UK compares globally

The UK is falling behind comparable nations

Other countries are investing significantly more in female entrepreneurship. Here is how the UK stacks up.

Canada spends

£3.7B

37× more than the UK

Canada's dedicated women's entrepreneurship strategy — vs the UK's £635M

The UK has committed

£635M

0.2% of the £310B prize

UK Invest in Women Taskforce · total raised to date

UK Industrial Strategy

0×

Zero mentions

The UK's £16B Industrial Strategy mentions female entrepreneurship zero times

Campaign supporters

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Founding supporters

WCorporation Lead Like A Woman™

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The case in one line

Moving female founder VC from 2% to 3% is the highest-return, lowest-cost economic intervention available to the UK right now. The market is already doing it wrong. Public data proves it. The only question is whether the people with power choose to act — in the next 12 months.

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Three ways to move the number

Every submission, every share, every conversation about this data is part of what changes it.

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Submit a Deal

Know about a UK VC investment into an all-female founding team? Submit it in 60 seconds. AI-analysed, human-verified.

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Share the Evidence

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For press & media Data, quotes and briefings available on request. Contact [email protected]

Economic Case → Methodology →

Sources

The Rise Report 2026 · Women & Equalities Committee (Oct 2025) · Barclays / Alison Rose Review · British Business Bank UK Equity Tracker · Deloitte / Women's Business Council · First Round Capital · Kauffmann Fellows · Financial Times (Jan 2026) · ONS Labour Force Survey · PitchBook All In · Female Foundry Innovation Index 2026 · UK Government (March 2025)