The Rise Report has exposed the funding barriers against female entrepreneurship.

The new nationwide study – commissioned by one of the UK’s biggest communities of female founders, Female Founders Rise, in partnership with Barclays – has found that UK female entrepreneurs identify human connection as the cornerstone of resilience, growth and business success. 

The research, launched at the Barclays Eagle Labs’ Innovation Hub in London, is one of largest grassroots studies of its kind. 

The findings captured the detailed views, stories and experiences of 2,225 UK-based female founders – who collectively generate £1 billion in annual turnover – and recorded 436,000 words of qualitative data.