Gender Lens Investing
Gender Lens Investing's Global Impact
Through Emerging Markets Funds I and II, WAM has invested approximately $100M in a total of 21 inclusive financial institutions across Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, and Latin America, bringing our total women served by portfolio companies to approximately 8.5M.





Emerging Markets Funds
Channeling Investment Capital to Promote Women’s Financial Inclusion
Our mission through Gender Lens Investing is to make direct equity investments in inclusive financial institutions with an explicit focus on women through Women’s World Banking Capital Partners Funds I and II. We create value through advocacy and a dedicated technical assistance facility to help portfolio companies capture the sizable market of financially underserved women and attract female talent to all parts of their organizations, thereby achieving higher returns on investment while helping to close the gender gap in financial inclusion.

Why Gender Lens Investing?
Our Financial Impact
FUND I AT A GLANCE
50% Women
by Portfolio Companies
FUND II AT A GLANCE
45% Women
Asset Finance, Housing Finance, Micro-enterprise Finance,
SME finance, Insurance
What Makes Our Approach Unique

Investors












US Strategy
US Investment Strategy
The US investment strategy is to invest in growing businesses with defensible value propositions that offer scalable and sustainable solutions that contribute to a woman’s ability to gain economic stability and prosperity, become equipped to pursue the same income opportunities as others, and attain financial independence and well-being. Businesses do not need to serve women exclusively or be led by women; however, their solutions should improve the lives of women or alleviate pain points hindering economic empowerment.
We invest in business services, technology, consumer, and healthcare companies to help them scale and grow.

Our differentiated investment strategy is based on 5 pillars:
1
THESIS-DRIVEN POINT OF VIEW
2
FLEXIBLE INVESTMENT STRUCTURE
3
COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP APPROACH
4
UNIQUE "AMPLIFY" VALUE CREATION MODEL
5
DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS & PERFORMANCE
Meet Your Management Team
Asset Management Team
Grievances
Any individual or community who believes that a portfolio company of WWB Asset Management has adversely affected or is likely to adversely affect them can submit a complaint to grievanceswam@womensworldbanking.org.