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India’s startup and venture capital sectors are still relatively young, but already dominated by men. Meet the women overcoming old-fashioned attitudes to make their names in investing and helping other women turn their ideas into businesses.
In our May episode of Deeply Talks, experts join us to discuss why 2018 is such a big year for investing in women.
The fund will focus on women-led companies, helping them access money that banks are unwilling to lend them. And by increasing women’s participation in the business world, the hope is to raise women’s decision-making powers across all sectors.
After decades in the shadows, the field of gender lens investing is coming to the fore in financial circles – connecting women entrepreneurs around the world with the capital they need to succeed.
Women in the Philippines have often struggled to get loans from banks to start their social enterprises. But impact investors around the world are stepping up to fill that gap.
Suzanne Biegel, a pioneer of gender lens investing, is on a mission to show that focusing on women makes for good financial and social returns. She speaks with News Deeply about the language challenge, the trouble with data, and the importance of connecting people.
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