Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 45742

Venture Capital: Equality

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Sarah Olney

Liberal DemocratRichmond Park

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

Sarah Jones
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...

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