Gender Diversity and Investing
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May 9, 2016 – NY Times Commentary Blog: Women Inventors Changing Women’s Health Technology
Women understand women's health, and therefore design better health-technology products based on this. We believe women inventors and investors hold the power to innovate women's health technology!
April 20, 2016 – Austin’s Entrepreneurial Landscape
Entrepreneurs are flocking to Austin, Texas and while funding is slowly catching up more sources of capital are in high demand!
March 30, 2016 – Texas Medical Center: Ellevate Network Disruptive Women in Entrepreneurship
Houston TMCX event at Texas Medical Center sponsored by Ellevate Women's Network-- discussed women entrepreneurs and opportunities in Houston!
March 24, 2016 – Women Effect: Tracking Gender in Private Equity and Venture Capital
This article originally appeared on Women Effect. Sara Brand from True [...]
March 11, 2016 – The Next Web: VC Investment Continues to be Sexist but Here’s Why There’s Hope
This article originally appeared on thenextweb. At SXSW today, a panel [...]
Mar 22, 2016 – Austin Community Foundation: Gender Matters: Investing in Women Makes Sense.
Women make 85% of consumer decisions, so it would make sense that women lead many of the companies selling those products, right? Hardly. In fact, when it comes to entrepreneurship, women are largely absent from the C-suite. The Women’s Fund of Central Texas, a program of the Foundation, invests in local women and children through research, leadership and grantmaking. At their recent Investing in Women: Grant Award Breakfast, guests learned some powerful facts about how investing in women delivers a strong return. In short, gender matters.
March 21, 2016 – The Past, Present and Future of Gender Lens Investing.
Gender lens investment is a term born along-side Impact investment and is quickly gaining popularity. Learn how True Wealth Ventures is teaming up with other organizations to help create standardized metrics for women’s leadership in venture capital funded portfolios that could be used to inform investors and to compare and track performance. Let's make gender lens investment more accessible!
March 4, 2016 – The Paradox of Gender Diversity in Healthcare
You'll be surprised to know the state of gender diversity in healthcare. Why are women the dominant consumer decision makers but are disproportionally represented in executive leadership? Check out this commentary blog on Rock Heal+h's research piece.
February 14, 2016 – Past, Present, and Future of Gender Lens Investing
While the value of diverse teams and women in leadership are relatively new topics in the business world, the field of gender lens investment is even newer. Since the field’s estimated beginnings in 2009, subsegments like “feminomics” and “inclusive finance” have spun off, but at it’s core gender lens investing is: incorporating gender as a factor to guide investment strategies.
January 18, 2016 – Are Women the Most Underutilized Resource in the World?
In September of 2015, the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) released a study examining the potential impact that gender parity could have on the global economy. The results were nothing short of amazing.