Horizon CDT Year 1

地平线 CDT 第 1 年

• 批准号: 2887323
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2887323
• 关键词: Horizon; CDT; Year

Female-founded businesses receive 2% of venture capital funding (British Business Bank, 2023), demonstrating a gender investment gap. Furthermore, Extend Ventures Diversity Beyond Gender 2023 report states that Black women founders raised 0.14% of investment between 2013-2023. The report also found that the entrepreneur's ethnicity impacts their success rate of receiving venture capital, with minority groups such as Black and South Asian founders being less likely to receive venture capital than their White counterparts (Diversity Beyond Gender, 2023). In the last 10 years there has been no improvement in the investment female founders have received (British Business Bank, 2023), suggesting that current and previous interventions have not proven successful. This research will examine the role of digital technologies, both present and future, in entrepreneurial investment and how this may enhance or hinder the current challenges in the entrepreneurial investment industry. The main research question the project intends to answer is 'How do digital technologies influence the gender and race investment gap?' The key objectives are:To create a framework that demonstrates a relationship between the root causes, consequences and interventions. To determine effective digital interventions to reduce the investment gap. The research will use a mixed methods approach. The qualitative data collection will involve semi-structured interviews with the different stakeholders involved in the entrepreneur's investment ecosystem. The purpose is to gather in-depth insights into these stakeholders' experiences. The quantitative data collection will be a network analysis of where entrepreneurs receive investment from. The value of this research is to understand what digital technological interventions can improve this issue. I will contribute academic insights into how interventions using technology can improve the investment gap. The research can be used by designers of the technology to implement the design recommendations or digital tools needed to make the investment process fairer for all entrepreneurs. This implementation will benefit entrepreneurs who currently face discrimination in the investment process such as females and women of colour as it aims to reduce the bias. References:British Business Bank (2023) Press Release - July 5, 2023. Available at: https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/press-release/british-business-bank-report-reveals-no-improvement-in-the-share-of-venture-capital-investment-to-female-founder-teams-over-the-past-decade/ (Accessed: 6 March 2024).Diversity Beyond Gender (2023). Available at: https://www.extend.vc/_files/ugd/446c2c_2545bfc7323646fa8d757ea8a2ac2a10.pdf (Accessed: 6 March 2024).This author is supported by the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Nottingham (UKRI Grant No. EP/S023305/1).

女性创办的企业获得2%的风险资本资金（英国商业银行，2023年），显示出性别投资差距。此外，《2023年将风险投资的多样性扩展到性别之外》报告指出，黑人女性创始人在2013年至2023年期间筹集了0.14%的投资。该报告还发现，企业家的种族会影响他们获得风险资本的成功率，黑人和南亚创始人等少数群体获得风险资本的可能性低于白色同行（Diversity Beyond Gender，2023）。在过去的10年里，女性创始人获得的投资没有改善（英国商业银行，2023年），这表明当前和以前的干预措施并不成功。这项研究将探讨数字技术在创业投资中的作用，包括现在和未来，以及这可能如何增强或阻碍创业投资行业当前的挑战。该项目打算回答的主要研究问题是“数字技术如何影响性别和种族投资差距？“主要目标是：建立一个框架，表明根源、后果和干预措施之间的关系。确定有效的数字干预措施，以缩小投资差距。研究将采用混合方法。定性数据收集将涉及与企业家投资生态系统中的不同利益攸关方进行半结构化访谈。目的是深入了解这些利益攸关方的经验。定量数据收集将是对企业家从何处获得投资的网络分析。这项研究的价值在于了解什么样的数字技术干预可以改善这一问题。我将贡献学术见解如何利用技术干预可以改善投资差距。这项研究可以被技术的设计者用来实施设计建议或数字化工具，使投资过程对所有企业家都更公平。这项措施的实施将有利于目前在投资过程中面临歧视的企业家，如女性和有色人种妇女，因为它旨在减少偏见。参考资料：英国商业银行（2023）新闻稿-2023年7月5日。可查阅：https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/press-release/british-business-bank-report-reveals-no-improvement-in-the-share-of-venture-capital-investment-to-female-founder-teams-over-the-past-decade/（访问日期：2024年3月6日）。可从以下网址获得：https://www.extend.vc/_files/ugd/446c2c_2545bfc7323646fa8d757ea8a2ac2a10.pdf（访问地址：本文作者得到了诺丁汉大学地平线博士培训中心的支持（UKRI批准号EP/S 023305/1）。