The 2023 Investing in Women Code report shows the importance of data collection to establish the true picture of access to finance for women-led businesses.
Some themes remain constant, such as the strong correlation between gender-balanced investment teams and investment committees and the proportion of investment allocated to all-female founder teams.
Other metrics have shown surprising fluctuation from year to year, such as the disparity in the amount of loan finance advanced to women-led and male-led businesses which has grown significantly.
