花旗影響基金

2023年6月20日

我覆蓋能源、氣候、可持續性與環境、社會和治理和婦女事業得到它!全球女性雜誌女性創業者隻有1.9%的風險資本在2022年,據TechCrunch和PitchBook。讓它沉。這意味著,98.2%的風險投資去了男人。女性超過50%的美國人口,大多數他們創立的公司基本上是阻塞風險資本融資。盡管事實上,婦女擁有的企業獲得高達63%的投資回報率高於男性創立的公司,根據第一輪資本和雪萊Porges十億美元基金的聯合創始人和合夥人對於女性來說,和超過十億。偏見在指揮交通“Citi.com Meredith盾牌,董事總經理兼花旗影響基金將這歸咎於偏見在投資決策過程。她說偏差是由於沒有足夠的女性“指揮交通和資產配置”,風險資本和私人股本。更多的為你”私人資本市場,它們非常,非常的特性。他們是基於網絡的。 They're taking an exorbitant amount of risk usually…. (so) you're dealing in trust, and trust is something that has a high potential for bias,” she explained in an exclusive interview. Screenshot - All Raise on women investors at VC firms - 2020 All Raise Dealmaker reported in April 2023 that impact investing has grown, that is the sector that seeks to have a societal impact with its investments, which includes criteria for diverse founders. Referring to research from Fidelity, Dealmaker said, “This sector has shown steady growth in recent years; globally, the impact investing market grew from $420.91 billion in 2022 to $495.82 billion in 2023 (a 17.8% compound annual growth rate).” Yet, 65% of venture capital firms have no women partners, according to All Raise. How does Citi Impact Fund reduce bias in its investments? Citi Impact Fund is taking intentional steps to reduce bias in their own investing, Shields said. It includes steps during the investment decision-making process and collecting and tracking the metrics closely. Here are the steps she said they are taking: 1. Examining every step of the investment process: “The way that the Impact Fund is doing that is…We have looked at every step of our investment process and identified where can the bias come in,” Shields explained. Unsplash, by Brooke Lark Unsplash 2. Changing how founders are introduced: She said the process can even start with bias that can show up in seemingly little things, such as how a founder is introduced in the first place. “It’s very normal in the financial investment industry to introduce a founder by talking about where they went to school and how you know them,” she explained. “And that might seem on the surface, like a very normal interaction. What it does though, it introduces bias from the onset. We haven't even talked about what the company does. So, things like that we are removing from our investment process and being thoughtful about, we're also tracking metrics really closely.” Screenshot - Citi Impact Fund allocations citi.com 3. Measuring metrics: Specifics they measure include: “How are we doing when this many women come in? How many? Is it proportionate? The types of women-led investments that we're investing in.” 4. Feeding the pipeline: “Importantly, we're also trying to enhance the pipeline….I've heard investors say, well, I can't invest in women and people of color because there isn't enough pipeline. And I think many would say, it's not that there isn't enough pipeline, it's that it's not in your pipeline. And so you need to go out with some intentionality and look for diversity outside of your network… 5. Partnering with diverse networks: To address the pipeline problem, Shields said they find organizations and accelerators that are hooked into the populations they seek to access. “We've built networks with different accelerator type organizations” to access diverse founders. Cautioning that these are not the magic solution, Shields added, “there's no silver bullet to a solution here. It's an evolution. And, it's a willingness to continue to evaluate and try new things. And that's where we are.” They clearly perceive these strategies as successful, because she said, “today over 70% of our companies are led by women and people of color, which are very proud of. Those numbers are quite a bit higher than the traditional investing sector.” This bias towards white men in venture capital investments, she emphasized, “It's something we've got to fix.” Listen to the full interview with Citi’s Meredith Shields here . Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn . Check out my website .