Angel Academe - increasing female investment Email Format
Venture Capital and Private Equity PrincipalsUnited Kingdom51-200 Employees
Angel Academe is a United Kingdom-based network in the venture capital and private equity space focused on increasing female investment and supporting female-founded technology startups. Founded in 2014, it connects female founders with an engaged pool of investors, primarily women, to help them scale early-stage tech ventures. The network has backed more than 55 startups across over 105 funding rounds and has facilitated co- and follow-on investment totaling over £200m, across med tech, clean tech, fintech and enterprise software. Angel Academe consists of investor-members who are successful entrepreneurs and senior leaders and emphasizes a diverse, professionally managed network. In addition to the angel network, it launched the UK's first EIS fund for female founders, allowing diversification across 7-10 female-founded startups with a £10k ticket and associated EIS tax reliefs.