Dr Sarah Bloomfield

The research project explores female angel investing in Saudi Arabia. Despite economic and socio-cultural differences across the world, most research into female entrepreneurial activity has been conducted within a Western context. Our research addresses this gap through a focus on entrepreneurial action within an economically wealthy country with restrictive social and cultural practices. To guide our research, we are focusing on what constrains and enables the practices of female angel investing in the Saudi Arabian context. We are using an interpretive phenomenological approach based on qualitative data gained primarily through interviews and observations. We are focusing on the angel investors and the angel investing support network around them to provide a rich picture of how women in Saudi Arabia are drawn to invest, learn to invest, and invest, as well as the impact of angel investing networks on female angel investing in the context, and visa versa.