Number of Active Fund Investments in Female Founded Enterprises

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H-50

DEFINITION:

Number of active fund investments in enterprises in which there is an active female founder(s).  Female founder(s) must retain an active role in the organization as of the end of the reporting period.  An active role may include acting in an advisory capacity for key decisions and does not necessarily require a full-time role at the organization.

GUIDANCE:

This is indicator is a subset of the Number of active Fund Investments Refer to Number of Active Fund Investments for further methodological guidance.

 

This indicator reflects the number of unique investee companies in which a fund holds an interest at the end of the reporting period. Each investee company, irrespective of the number or volume of investments and/or types of investment instruments should be counted as a single investment.

 

Note:

  • To ensure female ownership is retained and not crowded out through the investment the female founder(s) must retain an active role in the organization at the time of reporting. An active role may include acting in an advisory capacity for key decisions and does not necessarily require a full-time role at the organization
  • Practitioners may refer to specific gender benchmarks and application guidance as needed, such as those specified by the 2X Challenge (2xchallenge.org).

Applicability: Fund investment where possible and relevant, not intermediated finance.

Related indicators: This indicator is a subset of the parent indicator Number of active Fund Investments. It is expressed in number of investments, not amount, unlike Amount of active Fund Investments in Female Founded Enterprises. It measures the current number or active investments, not realized ones (this is covered under Number of realized Fund Investments in Female Founded Enterprises). This indicator is distinct from Number of Loans Outstanding. Number of Loans Outstanding should be used for intermediated operations through banks etc. whereas Number of active Fund Investments is used for funds, both equity and debt funds.

Unit: #investments