It’s no secret that underserved founders receive less funding than white male founders –  over the last ten years, less than 2% of the venture capital funds invested in the UK went to teams of all-ethnic minority founders. 

In this virtual roundtable, we will bring together policy makers, investors, and underserved founders to deep dive into the state of the ecosystem and determine what each player can do to change the current narrative. The Entrepreneurs Network will use the insights of this project to inform its policy work.

The discussion will be wide-ranging with a focus on three questions:

• Do VCs need to have quotas? 

• Does gender lens investing automatically promote investment into founders of colour? 

• Are alternative models of finance supporting underserved founders better than traditional VC models?

Inclusive Innovation Forum

The Inclusive Innovation Forum brings together some of the leading entrepreneurs, investors and policy experts in the UK and Europe, as well as a wider network of the most ambitious, high-potential entrepreneurs and people supportive of supporting underserved founders. We run it in partnership with Morgan Stanley.

Email events@tenentrepreneurs.org to request a a place.