Diversity VC’s latest ten‑year snapshot shows UK venture capital firms with no women on their investment teams fell from 48 % in 2017 to 21 % in 2025. The study, released on the organisation’s anniversary, also notes women now comprise 31 % of all VC investment teams, up from 18 % a decade earlier. The shift signals broader hiring changes across the sector today.

More than 100 firms, managing $44bn in assets, have earned the Diversity VC Standard certification. Certified firms reported over a 10 % lift in gender diversity and doubled Black representation at senior levels, the report states. Investors such as Atomico, Balderton Capital and Mubadala Capital back the initiative, indicating institutional appetite for inclusive governance in the tech startup ecosystem today everywhere.

The report also highlights the Future VC programme, with 97 % of alumni securing full‑time roles in venture or the broader investment field. CEO Meghan Stevenson Krausz frames the decade’s progress as a move from visibility to inevitability, while founder William McQuillan notes the sector’s earlier homogeneity. These metrics underscore a measurable, if gradual, industry transformation for investors and policy makers.