Gender Smart

By Suzanne Biegel and Sana Kapadia In October, GenderSmart brought together over 325 asset owners, institutional investors, fund managers, gender experts, and investment intermediaries, from over 40 countries, for our Global Investing Summit. It was the first time since 2018 that our community had gathered in the same room together…

Investing in climate adaptation and mitigation is both a matter of justice and smart business. …

We’re officially in a bear market: a moment when investors tend to turn inward, doubling down on the same types of founders, fund managers, and sectors they’ve historically invested in, in the perception that it is safer to invest in what is already familiar and known. For most investors, this…

Despite the fact that record capital has been flowing into VC and private equity, with US startups raising $329.9 billion in venture investments in 2021, women fund managers — particularly first-time and racially diverse women fund managers — continue to be systemically underfunded. In the gender-smart community, many of us…

When it comes to investing, our relationships shape what investment opportunities we’re exposed to, how we are perceived, who influences our thinking, and how we execute. …

In December, Wharton Social Impact Initiative and Catalyst at Large published Project Sage 4.0, our fourth study of private equity, venture capital, and private debt funds with a gender lens. The growth in funds continues to be significant, with a 3.5 fold increase in the number of funds since we…

Earlier this month, ImpactAlpha published a list of 22 impact markers that investors should be paying attention to in 2022, filed under five broad themes: The Reconstruction in 2022, Impact in Emerging Markets, Climate Finance, Catalytic Capital, and Capitalism Reimagined. ImpactAlpha is always on the leading edge of impact investing…

In December, Wharton Social Impact Initiative and Catalyst at Large published Project Sage 4.0, our fourth study of private equity, venture capital, and private debt funds with a gender lens. There are now 206 total funds in Project Sage, a 3.5 fold increase since we began the study in 2017…

By Suzanne Biegel and Carey Bohjanen A lot of people we’re talking to are feeling tired right now: from COVID, endless uncertainty, lack of decisive action in the climate talks, or working their hearts out in a seemingly intractable environment. In the gender-smart investing space, we’re starting to move out…