Who holds the investment purse strings - and what are they doing with them?

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Know a woman with a great business idea trying to catch the eye of the investment world? Tell them to buckle up, because research suggests they are going to have a problem, writes Laura Miller

Of all the UK private equity investment in 2018, companies founded by women won just 2%, according to last year's equity tracker from British Business Bank. Two US studies shed light on what is ...

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