Celebrating excellence within private capital.
Every year, the BVCA celebrates outstanding performance within our membership. Our awards recognise high growth leaders, our members’ outstanding commitment to responsible investment, and the best teams backed by private capital.
An overview of our awards can be found below.
2025 Award Criteria
The award recognises female founders and CEOs managing high growth private businesses.
The female leader's business will have received backing from private capital (BVCA members only).
For this award, a high growth business is defined as an enterprise which has an average annualised growth greater than 20% per annum, over a three-year period, measured by number of employees or turnover, with at least 10 employees in the baseline year.
The business should have been exited (through trade/IPO/PE). The timeframe for exited businesses should be within the past three years.
The nominees should not only have demonstrated their ability to build a high growth business, but should also be role models for other female founders/entrepreneurs/CEOs, and have demonstrated their commitment to mentoring/helping other female entrepreneurs.
2025 Judging Panel
- Cheryl Potter
Non-Executive Director, Level 20 and Marks and Spencer (2025 Chair of the Judging Panel) - Kerry Baldwin
Managing Partner, IQ Capital - Anne Glover
Chief Executive and Co-founder, Amadeus Capital Partners - Helen Steers MBE
Partner, Pantheon
Learn more about all Award winners in 2024
