This roundtable will feed into Labour’s Startup Review. It will focus on how to support more women to found businesses and will be led by Anneliese Dodds.

Anneliese Dodds is a Labour MP politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, and Chair of the Labour Party. She has been the MP for Oxford East since 2017.

In the roundtable we will focus on the most significant barriers facing female founders - focusing primarily on childcare and access to finance.