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Rogue Women's Fund uses part of its management fee to fund support programmes for female founders, including providing a personal leadership coach, financial coach and a family stipend, says managing partner Caroline Lewis.
Of those included in PEI Media's Women of Influence in Private Funds, who is shaping the sustainability agenda?
'My company was going to be diverse and inclusive,' says the investment management company's African American founder and chief executive Tammy Jones.
Firm CEO Sol Trujillo says his long-term goal is to build 'a multibillion-dollar AUM firm that will endure for many generations'.
First-time fund manager Cornerstone VC has set out to prove that backing diverse entrepreneurs will deliver superior financial returns. Positive impact is a 'significant secondary benefit'.
All-male teams are particularly prevalent in Denmark and the Netherlands, representing 65% and 68% respectively.
LPs would sooner work with managers on diversity, equity and inclusion issues than show them the door.
LPs are starting to flex muscles regarding PE managers' commitment to diversity.
Success for emerging and diverse manager programmes involves more than just writing cheques, writes Meketa Investment Group managing principal Judy Chambers.
A new venture fund takes an impact investing approach to address structural impediments LGBTQ+ founders confront in fundraising.