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“Research… shows that in the last decade, less than 1% of venture capital went to all-women teams at Seed stage and just one Black woman CEO secured Series A funding,” said co-founder Sarah King. Women’s accelerator We Are Radikl just penned an open letter to the UK Gov asking them to extend their funding deadlines for start-ups, with a focus on the difference it would make to female business founders. Female founders make up a third of entrepreneurs in the UK, yet receive less than 3% of venture funding.It’s more that they will not have meetings with us because we are Black women,” said entrepreneur Nikki Porcher. “It’s not that we as Black women do not know who to go to for funding. One of the reasons why? The inability to access long-term funding resources. A recent report by Harvard Business School found that Black female entrepreneurs are launching businesses at higher rates than white men, BUT only a small percentage end up staying in the game.It’s nearly mid-way through the new year. Though the gender gap existed pre-pandemic, it’s turned into a chasm. They lost the majority of jobs when the layoffs hit, and have disappeared in droves from all levels in the workforce. While the pandemic has wrought untold suffering – it’s women who are bearing the brunt. This week: What does it mean to be an ambitious woman in 2021?

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