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OUR WORK

Gender Lens Investing

We partner with industry players to increase capital providersโ€™ demand for Gender Lens Investing strategies and products, catalyse the supply of financial instruments available to small businesses owned or led by women, and invest in the growth of SMEs that support women through a โ€˜fund of fundsโ€™ strategy.

Challenges and Approach

Women face unique barriers to get the financing they need to grow their businesses. Studies show women-led companies get a small proportion of available equity investment, even though companies with at least one female founder perform significantly better than those with all male founder teams.

The financing gap for women-owned SMEs does not just affect women โ€” it affects entrepreneurship, investment and economic growth across nations and economies. According to the International Finance Corporation, SMEs make up 98% of all businesses and provide jobs for 66% of the labour force in Asia; women-owned SMEs represent 31 to 38% of all SMEs in emerging markets. Closing the financing gap will help businesses and economies grow, while enabling impact investors to capitalise on this significant market opportunity.

Investing in Women partners with industry players to increase capital providersโ€™ demand for Gender Lens Investing strategies and products, catalyses the supply of financial instruments available to small businesses owned or led by women, and invests in the growth of SMEs that disproportionately benefit women. We work in partnership with Australian Development Investments (ADI), DFATโ€™s impact investment facility.

Investing in Women aims to equip investors globally with the confidence, business evidence, and practical tools to expand financing to SMEs that disproportionately benefit women.

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Investing in Womenโ€™s SMEs

Investing in Women is working to increase investment in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that disproportionately benefit women in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Investing in Women is partnering with DFATโ€™s Australian Development Investments and with impact investors and their networks, as well as international and regional organisations, to amplify and scale this work.

Investing in Women aims to equip investors globally with the confidence, business evidence, and practical tools to expand financing made available to SMEs that disproportionately benefit women.

Outcomes

As at June 2023

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10 leading impact investing partners

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AUD 525+ million catalysed to bridge the finance gap for women entrepreneurs

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AUD 15.4M invested to 83 women-led or owned SMEs

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3.4x increase in deals in regional investment community via gender lens investing

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7x increase in value of gender lens investing deals

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