Gender Smart

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Smallholder Agriculture | Shefali Anand

Investors bet on drones to lift agricultural productivity and women’s livelihoods in India

Dealflow | Lucy Ngige

TBC Bank gets $10 million to support female entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan

Gender Smart | Alan Pierce

How fintechs are bridging the gender-based financing gap in Latin America

Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus

Vara raises $8.9 million for breast cancer detection in emerging markets

Inclusive Economy | Bob Summers

Increasing women’s financial inclusion with top-to-bottom gender strategies

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Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus

Black female-led LINGO lands $2.3 million investment for STEM education access

Return on Inclusion | Roodgally Senatus

Fearless Fund backs Black woman-led ecommerce startup Zimi

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Gender Smart | Jessica Pothering

Rubio Impact Ventures backs companies driving women’s financial empowerment and sustainable foods

Gender Smart | Jessica Pothering

Maven raises $125 million to expand digital health services for women and families

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Dealflow | Lucy Ngige

Evocabank lands $10 million to capitalize Armenia’s small businesses

Climate and Gender | Dennis Price

Female founders power climate entrepreneurship in Latin America

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Gender Smart | Jessica Pothering

2X rolls out gender-lens certification to boost transparency and intentionality

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Gender Smart | Jessica Pothering

WIC Capital invests in sustainable carpentry company in Côte d’Ivoire

Investing in Health | Jessica Pothering

French pharmaceutical giant makes strategic investment in Rwandan health e-commerce company Kasha

Gender Smart | Jessica Pothering

IFC backs bonds and mortgages to provide access to finance for women in Thailand and Chile

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Podcasts | David Bank

Women’s World Banking is accelerating financial inclusion by bringing women’s financial habits online (podcast)

Climate and Gender | Lucy Ngige

KawiSafi’s gender-inclusive climate fund gets $10 million from the African Development Bank

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Inclusive Economy | Roodgally Senatus

Black VCs carve a niche at the intersection of fashion and sustainability

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Gender Smart | Jessica Pothering

Aruwa and WIC Capital re-up investments in ventures supporting Africa’s female farmers

Investing in Health | Ashley Campany

Financing models to safeguard women’s reproductive health

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Climate and Gender | Jessica Pothering

First-time manager Amplifica Capital demonstrates its gender thesis with 25 deals and counting

Gender Smart | Lucy Ngige

BancoSol floats $30 million gender bond in Bolivia

Gender Smart | Najada Kumbuli

Transferring women’s wealth to women-led funds to build a more equitable economy

Sponsored | Sawa Nakagawa

Applying gender-smart strategies to change the status quo of business in East Africa

Gender Smart | Dennis Price

In Latin America, investors see economic opportunities through a gender lens

Financial Inclusion | Lucy Ngige

Trio of impact deals support India’s rural communities and entrepreneurs

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Gender Smart | Jessica Pothering

Valuing the ‘invisible’ work of women to build resilient economies and fight climate change

Catalytic Capital | Lisa Maria Braun

Pension funds help catalyze gender-lens investments in Asia

Inclusive Economy | Isaac Silk

Five women who invest for social justice

Impact Investing | Rachel Robasciotti

Rachel Robasciotti, Adasina Social Capital: Climate justice is social justice

Impact Voices | Sonya Dreizler

Sonya Dreizler, CHOIR: Build a bigger table

Impact Voices | Lakota Vogel

Lakota Vogel, Four Bands Community Fund: Rewriting the rules

Gender Smart | Beth Bafford

Beth Bafford, Calvert Impact Capital: Everyone deserves a chance to fly

Inclusive Economy | Tanay Tatum-Edwards

Tanay Tatum-Edwards, FreeCap Financial: We Can’t Change What We Don’t Measure

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Gender Smart | Jessica Pothering

WIC Capital invests in a local snack food company in Senegal

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Financial Inclusion | Jessica Pothering

First Circle backs Egypt’s Balad for cross-border payments

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Gender Smart | Lucy Ngige

Village Capital partners with Standard Chartered to catalyze capital to African women in tech

2XI Asia-Pacific GP Sprint participants | Photo credit: 2X Global

Climate and Gender | Sara Danzeo

In the Asia-Pacific region, girls just want to have funds!

Education Tech | Roodgally Senatus

Parallel Learning scores $20 million to provide teletherapy to students with special needs

Latin America | Jessica Pothering

Pomona scores backing from the DFC and IFC for small businesses in Latin America

Podcasts | Isaac Silk

Maria Hollan of Timke Ventures shares her journey to impact investing

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Climate and Gender | Jessica Pothering

Doubling down on guarantees, MCE Social Capital is unlocking capital for climate + gender

IIX’s Durreen Shahnaz in Monday’s opening plenary at SOCAP23

Gender Smart | Dennis Price

Gender lens investors at SOCAP23 look beyond the ‘business case’ to move capital to women

Staircase, street art and outdoor escalator in Comuna 13 in Medellín | Photo credit: Dennis Price

Gender Smart | Dennis Price

Through a gender lens in Latin America, investors see opportunities for impact and alpha (videos)

Climate and Gender | Lucy Ngige

MCE Social Capital notches $41.6 million for its sustainable agriculture fund