Female alternative finance fundraisers in the UK 2017 Statistic

This statistic shows the share of fundraisers within the alternative finance sector that were female, by type of alternative finance platforms in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017. Alternative finance refers to instruments and channels, which developed outside of the traditional and highly regulated finance system, such as banks and capital markets. In this year, the market with the highest and lowest share of female fundraisers were the rewards and equity crowdfunding respectively.

Share of alternative finance fundraisers that were women in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017*, by platform

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Rewards crowdfunding	56%
Real estate crowdfunding	43%
Donation crowdfunding	36%
P2P consumer lending	30%
P2P business lending	14%
Equity crowdfunding	12%

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Release date

November 2018

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2017

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Primary industry figures as well as extensive surveys of businesses and consumers

Supplementary notes

* The methodology is clarified by the source as follows: "This benchmark was conducted with the support of the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) and the UK Crowdfunding Association (UKCFA) and included responses from 77 platforms, capturing an estimated 95% of the visible UK online alternative finance market. Two additional platform datasets were generated using web scraping methods and added to the total survey database, which increased the overall research sample size to 79 platforms."

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