Women still battle for start-up finance

FT News Briefing

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/d8781394-95a8-4411-9f19-69ddbb7e3200

UK ministers trying to fund the government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda are looking to relax rules shielding tens of millions of retirement savers from high charges, Latin American tech start-ups are attracting more investment than south-east Asia. Plus, the FT’s business columnist, Helen Thomas, explains why women entrepreneurs are locked out of venture capital circles that are dominated by men.

Pension savers face risk of higher fees as Sunak seeks billions for ‘levelling up’

https://www.ft.com/content/a8cad0f1-fd85-40ed-aa19-e71728f10825

How Latin America became tech’s next big frontier - with Michael Stott

https://www.ft.com/content/5440b1cf-3523-4a4d-96bc-07a2c2132069

Start-up finance is a closed shop for women - with Helen Thomas

https://www.ft.com/content/60caa57e-d40d-4d6f-974a-1d14a3798d27

China/inflation: soy sauce price rise serves up global warning

https://www.ft.com/content/9f8f6fea-467e-4bd8-aad2-77baf831dbdd

The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

---

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.