UK fund-of-funds secures £130m to back diverse investment teams: ‘We want to generate alpha for investors’
2 apr. 2026
20:06
The UK's first fund of funds mandated to back female-led and mixed-gender VC managers has marked its first close at £130m and is now actively engaging with GPs.
"We want to generate alpha for investors," Bootstrap4F managing partner Stéphanie Heller tells Impact Loop.
"We want to generate alpha for investors," Bootstrap4F managing partner Stéphanie Heller tells Impact Loop.
Bootstrap4F has completed the first close of its 'Women Backing Women' fund-of-funds at £130m.
Launched a year ago under the UK government's Invest in Women Taskforce, the vehicle is the first fund of funds in the UK with an explicit mandate to back female-led and mixed-gender investment teams.