Analysis

September 19, 2019

London’s VCs are rubbish at diversity

London VC firms remain woefully behind on diversity and inclusion, according to Diversity VC's latest report. That's not good enough.


Amy Lewin

2 min read

Founders and managers are told to lead by example.

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Graphic: 60% of London VC funds do not have a D&I champion
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Graphic: 0% of London VC funds have prayer room facilities
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Graphic: 43% of London VC funds don't have flexible working policies
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Graphic: 39% of London VCs don't have any women on their investment team
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Graphic: UK VCs are more ethnically diverse than the UK workforce as a whole
Graphic: London VCs are less diverse than the London workforce as a whole
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Graph: Money raised by UK startups going to all-male founding teams
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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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