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February 7, 2023

Three quarters of LGBTQ+ founders hide their identity from investors

That's according to a new report, which is the first to collect data on the experiences of LGBTQ+ founders in the UK


Asher Ismail, member of Proud Ventures

European tech is really bad at diversity. Just 1% of VC funding went to all-women founding teams in 2022 and Black founders raised 0.25% of UK VC funding between 2009-19. 

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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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