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March 19, 2021

A third of UK unicorns founded by ethnic minorities

... But none of those ethnic minority unicorn founders are Black or women, finds a new report.


Alecia Esson, founder & CEO at Nxsteps

The unicorn scene in the UK includes a hearty number of startups founded by ethnic minorities, but there’s a long way to go to reach true diversity across the board in British business — according to a new report from think-tank OPEN for business diversity non-profit MSDUK. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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