Eileen Burbidge
Eileen Burbidge, founder of Passion Capital
- London is a booming hub for startups and is now home to some of the world's most exciting VCs.
- Business Insider has compiled a list of some of the best female VCs in London as the UK continues to boom in the fintech space.
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Fintech in London is booming and VC funding has grown rapidly alongside it.
Venture capital remains a boys' club, but the number of women in decision-making roles is slowly ticking up, particularly in the US, according to Axios data. In the UK, the picture is slightly different, with the most recent report from non-profit Diversity VC indicating that the number of women in investing roles at the UK's 183 firms surveyed has increased by 2%.
Despite that, there is some incredible work being done by VCs based in London. Here are a few who have made smart bets in the past 12 months and are name-checked by peers and founders as great people to work with.
Here, in no particular order, are the 10 most exciting female VCs in London.