About us
Bringing together the public and private sector to drive progress. The Invest in Women Taskforce is made up of organisations that share the desire to drive economic growth by addressing the gender funding gap and providing the support women need to succeed in business.
To help drive our ambitious mission, the Invest in Women Taskforce is structured around two driving forces - The Taskforce and The Ecosystem - each focused on key priorities that ensure we make meaningful progress where it matters most.
About the Taskforce
The Taskforce has been established to address the gender funding gap in the UK, focused on getting funding into female-powered businesses and supporting female investors.
About the Ecosystem
We know that funding alone isn’t enough. In addition to addressing where the money flows, the Invest in Women Taskforce is building a stronger ecosystem for women to start, scale, invest and succeed.
Making the UK the best place in the world to be a female entrepreneur
£250bn
could be added to the UK economy if women were to start and scale their business at the same rate as men.
- Rose Review
<2%
Fully female founded businesses receive less than 2% of equity investment
- Beauhurst x Invest in Women Taskforce
2x
Female investors are 2x as likely to back female entrepreneurs
- Kauffman Fellows
35%
higher returns on Investment are generated by teams with a female founder compared to all male teams
- Kauffman Fellows
Our funding partners
The Invest in Women Taskforce is proud to work with leading investors that are committed to backing female investors and entrepreneurs across the UK.