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Government launches £500m fund to help struggling startups

20 April 2020 • 3 min read

Government will sink £250m into the fund and expects remaining half to be matched by private investors

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has launched a £500m ‘Future Fund' to assist UK-based start-ups struggling as a result of the ongoing pandemic. The money is part of a £1.25bn package des...

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Female founders miss out on venture funding for AI, research finds

All-female founding teams received only 0.3 per cent of VC investment in the past decade

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Petition to help more female entrepreneurs gathers momentum

With less than one per cent of venture capital (VC) funding in the UK going to female entrepreneurs, yet with one in four women are trying to launch a new business since the pandemic, action is needed to address the balance, petition founder urges

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