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By Emma Sinclair The Chancellor’s U-turn on angel investment rules was a good start, but men are still 48 times more likely to secure VC funding than women and the needle is barely moving, says Emma Sinclair With little fanfare, a law came into force at the end of January that provided yet another blow for women-led businesses trying to source funding. As if the odds weren’t already stacked high enough, changes to the so-called sophisticated investor rules meant that individuals investing via an angel network or platform must earn more than £170,000 to qualify, increasing from the previous lev…

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