Where women funders and founders meet to build the future
We are a diverse community of operators turned angels
We have hands-on experience in start-ups, scale-ups and large corporations. We believe the best way to learn is by doing – and angel investing is no different.
We encourage all interested women (& aligned men) to join our active, inclusive community
We are proud to support a growing portfolio of exceptional women-led start-ups
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The Diversity Dividend is why we focus on female investors and female founders.
Time and time again we have seen how a truly diverse, supportive business landscape is the key to more successful investments.
63%
The future needs more female founders.
Start-ups with female founders make significantly better investments. Female founded start-ups perform 63% better than start ups with all male founding teams (Source: 10years.Firstround.com) and deliver 2x as much per dollar invested (78 cents vs 31 cents). (Source: Boston Consulting Group, “Why Women-Owned Start Ups Are a Better Bet” 2018)
9.7%
The future needs more female investors.
The data is clear: venture capital firms that increase their proportion of female partner hires by 10% see, on average, a 1.5% spike in yearly overall fund returns and have 9.7% more profitable exits.
(Source: Harvard Business Review, “The Other Diversity Dividend”, 2018)
Less than 14%
There is a lack of female angel investors in the UK and Europe
Right now, the future is overwhelmingly built by male founders and backed by male investors. (Source: Harvard Business Review, “The Other Diversity Dividend”, 2018)
HERmesa is redressing the balance by providing a supportive space to women interested in angel investing to learn, collaborate and invest together. We are working hard to create a more diverse future by helping women have a seat at the table.
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