Tech may still appear to be a man’s world, but the percentage of female angel investors has more than doubled since 2003.
A new piece of research released today has revealed that 12% of angels investors in the UK are female. In a similar survey in 2003, only 5% of respondents were female.
Female vs male angels
The women who responded to the survey were much newer to angel investments than their male counterparts and were likely to make less investments.
On average, women started investing in 2009 whereas men started four years earlier in 2005.
37% of male angel investors had made over 10 investments, compared to only 7% for women. 44% of women have made between one and three investments....