The share of funding secured by female founders is unfairly and disproportionately low, a state of affairs that has remained unchanged for many years despite advances made in other areas of gender equality in business. The truth is that there is clear and consistent bias against female founders.

Experienced entrepreneur and fundraiser David B Horne provides useful insights on and proven strategies for raising different types of funding, including debt and equity funding, and how to prepare bids and approach investors. Crucially, he shares the experiences of female founders who have successfully overcome the gender bias and share David’s vision of a fairer world of fundraising and the steps being taken to achieve it.