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Women Effect Investments Initiative
Bringing a Gender Lens to Investing
@CriterionVent#genderlensinv
Goldman Sachs
World Bank
Nike Foundation
Hillary Clinton100 Years, 100 Women
The Women Effect
when women are economic agents and leaders, social change accelerates and returns multiply…
…this is
thewomeneffect
Blurring of the LinesSocial investments seek to generate both financial returns for investors and social returns that benefit broader society
Social Returns
Financial ReturnsLow
High
High
Philanthropists:Maximizing social returns
Investors: Maximizing profit
Social Investors:“Blended Value” – Social and financial returns
Impact Investing“Actively placing capital in businesses and funds that generate social and/or environmental good and at least return nominal principal to the investor”
SRI Screens
Venture Philanthropy
Micro-lendingCrowd Funding
Program Related Investing
Carbon Markets
Women Invest in Women
Community Investing
1980 1990 2000 2010
Impact Investing
Magnitude of Impact Investing
Global Assets Under Management Socially-Oriented Investments
Socially-Oriented Investments
Screens: $6.99 T
Philanthropy: $.33 T
Impact Investing $.5 T$50 T
investing with a Gender
Lens involves making
investment decisions
that support gender
equality while seeking
positive return
a lens brings into focus that
which is unclear. A Gender
Lens brings into focus gender-
driven issues, dynamics and
differences
Women Effect InvestmentsWomen Effect Investments (WEI) is a field-building initiative that seeks to mobilize more investment dollars toward improving the condition of women and girls worldwide
Mobilizing investors towards generating the Women Effect through investment
Supporting existing and creating new investment opportunities with a gender
lens
3 Gender Lenses
Access to Capital
Workplace Equity
Products & Services
A gender lens serves as a viewfinder for investment opportunities – both from impact and financial return perspectives
Workplace Equity
Workplace Equity
Products & Services
Products & Services
The Gender & Investing EcosystemInvestment Vehicles Investor Groups
Supporting Networks Supporting Organizations
Gender Lens Investment VehiclesMicrocredit; Mezzanine Debt, Social Investment…
Vehicle Gender Lens Geography Category
Access to Capital Global Microcredit
Access to Capital United States (Ohio) Microcredit
Access to Capital United States (Bay Area, NYC, Chicago)
Microcredit
Access to Capital Southern USA Mezzanine Debt
Access to CapitalWorkplace Equity
AfricaLatin America
Social Investment
Products and Services India Social Investment (Venture Capital)
Access to CapitalWorkplace EquityProducts & Services
Global Social Investment (Note)
Gender Lens Investment VehiclesPrivate Equity; Venture Capital…
Vehicle Gender Lens Geography Category
Access to Capital United States Venture Capital
Access to Capital West Coast USA Venture Capital
Access to Capital Spain Venture Capital
Access to CapitalWorkplace EquityProducts & Services
Iceland Private Equity
Access to CapitalWorkplace Equity
France Private Equity
Access to Capital Netherlands Private Equity
Access to CapitalWorkplace Equity
Global Private Equity
Access to CapitalProducts & Services
Sub-Saharan Africa Private Equity
Gender Lens Investment VehiclesMutual Fund; Angel Investing
Vehicle Gender Lens Geography Category
Access to Capital North America Angel Investing
Access to CapitalWorkplace Equity
United States (Midwest and South)
Angel Investing
Access to Capital United States (Wisconsin and Midwest)
Angel Investing
Workplace Equity Global Mutual Fund
what if a more robust set of
gender lens vehicles were
offered to investors – what
could that look like
What If?
an investment vehicle focused on maternal health – affordable technologies, mobile education and monitoring.
What if?A “peer-allocated capital” model with a gender lens – and virtual– giving women the room to live up to their potential outside of the traditional pitch scenario, while maintaining work-life balance across diverse geographies
What if?An investment vehicle focused on ending the trafficking of women and girls – on changing incentives throughout the supply chain with credit card companies, the hospitality industry, or innovative reporting technologies
we use a gender lens as a
viewfinder for opportunity –
social, financial, or both
Products & ServicesInsurance, Technical Assistance
Value Chain
MFIs, Intermediaries
ClientsStructural Barriers
Initiatives or CampaignsCEO Roadmap
Industry TrendsCommercialization
Microfinance’s Gender Ecosystem
Informing the Rest of the Space
This report found that, within the Impact and Investment Standards (IRIS), indicators measuring the impact on women were measured most comprehensively within the financial services sector.
Potential Overlaps in Our Work
• Amplifying the Message– Raising Awareness of Gender Lens Investing
• Creating Opportunities for Engagement– Events, Relationships, Engagement with Vehicles
• Moving Money• Creation of Vehicles• Research and Content Development
Our Question Today…How does/should/could microfinance, from a commercialization perspective in particular, tie into Women Effect Investments?
Investment Capital
Investment Vehicles
Access to Capital
Products & Services
Workplace Equity
@CriterionVent#genderlensinv