By Praseeda Nair2021-04-19T17:10:00+01:00 Both female-led and male-led businesses are now equally successful in securing bank financing. Does this mean 2020 may have set the wheels in motion to level the UK’s funding gender gap? The relationship between female founders and their access to capital is complex. Data reveals that women business owners struggle to access debt and equity financing all over the world. Venture funding to female-founded companies plunged by 27% in 2020 according to Crunchbase. However, newer data from an HM Treasury-led report reveals that both female-led and male-led businesses are now equally successful in securing bank financing. What does this reveal about the UK’s funding gender gap?