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June 23, 2020

Future Fund releases first set of diversity data

All female and all BAME senior management teams approved for funding are few and far between.


Amy Lewin

4 min read

The first set of data about the diversity of the applicants to the UK’s Future Fund has been released today — and it appears far better than the VC industry average. 50% of companies that have been approved for funding have mixed ethnicity management teams, and 79% have mixed gender management teams.

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Future Fund data by location where company applying to Future Fund is based.
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Future Fund data by gender of company management team (self-reported by applicant).
Future Fund data by ethnicity of company management team (self-reported by applicant).
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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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