Case Studies - Pathways Forward

Pledge in Practice

Real organisations. Real actions. Real impact.

Pledge in Practice is our case study series, shining a light on the organisations across our community who are turning their commitments into concrete, lasting change for female founders. Each story is different. The actions vary. But the thread running through all of them is the same — that small, deliberate steps, taken consistently and collectively, build towards something much bigger.

EPISODE 2: How Archangels is Investing in Women

Archangels joining the Pathways Pledge was significant from the start. Scotland’s longest-running angel syndicate making a public commitment to change how they back businesses sends a powerful signal to the wider investment community. What’s made their story so compelling is not just what they pledged, but what they’ve delivered and the fact that newer partners have been inspired to follow their lead. That’s the ripple effect we set out to create.

Ana Stewart

Chair & Co-Author of the Pathways Report

EPISODE 1: How RBS is Backing Female Founders

We are delighted to showcase RBS in the first of our Pathways Pledge case studies. The evolution of She Scales is a perfect example of what happens when commitment becomes action — what started as an additive Pledge activity to the Bank’s Accelerator programme has proven so successful that it is now being rolled out across the UK.