Briony Phillips | Women Angels Forum

BRIONY PHILLIPS

Scale-up Lead, Rocketmakers

Briony is Scaleup Lead at Rocketmakers, a software development agency that designs, develops and deploys technology for startups, scaleups and corporations. Briony champions the scale-up business ecosystem and works with partners across the public and private sector to deliver content, events and resources that help to overcome challenges faced by fast-growth companies. Briony’s career has spanned Deloitte Consulting, Teach First, the Open Data Institute and a global construction company in Australia. This ‘stacked portfolio’ approach to her career, which has become known to her as ‘job shopping’ has enabled her to keep her passion for learning and leadership alive.

Discuss the latest market research

Women are responsible for owning over 45% of the UK’s wealth, yet only 14% of Angel Investors in the UK are women.

Only 39% of women are confident in their capabilities to start a business compared to 55% of men. This is a perceived gap in ability, rather than an actual gap in skill sets.

Women are responsible for owning over 45% of the UK’s wealth, yet only 14% of Angel Investors in the UK are women.

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Only 39% of women are confident in their capabilities to start a business compared to 55% of men. This is a perceived gap in ability, rather than an actual gap in skill sets.