Catalysing Equality: How Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Managers and Impact Investors are applying a gender lens in Latin America and the Caribbean

This report was written by Value for Women (VFW) in partnership and with the support of UN Women’s Win-Win Programme and summarizes the findings of a rapid scoping study that was conducted between April 2021 and June 2021 to capture the state-of-the-field in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) of investing with a gender lens. In particular, the report focuses on understanding what Venture Capital (VC) and Private Equity (PE) investment funds in the region are doing to invest with a gender lens. We look at gender lens investing through three entry points: providing capital to women-led and gender-forward businesses, applying a gender lens across the investment process and advancing
gender diversity in the investment firm.