Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 112744

Investment: Women

Tabled: 11 February 2026
Answered: 23 February 2026

Question

Sonia Kumar

LabourDudley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a co-investment fund with diverse angel investors.

Answer

Blair McDougall
The British Business Bank's Angel Co-Fund programme already invests alongside syndicates of Business Angels. Every £1 invested by the Angel Co-Fund has leveraged around £5 from Angel syndicates.The Bank is also expanding its Angel Syndicate Programme to s...

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