Wednesday
January 19
2022

IFC and We-Fi Help Tackle Gender Financing Gap Through IFC ScaleX

To help tackle the financing gap that women entrepreneurs still face, particularly in emerging markets, IFC and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) launched today a new call for applications for IFC ScaleX—a performance-based initiative that will provide an award of up to $25,000 to business accelerators that have helped women-led companies in emerging markets raise equity financing.

“After acceleration, women raise far less capital than men, other factors being equal,” said Stephanie von Friedeburg, Senior Vice President of Operations at IFC. “We must level the playing field to ensure the best ideas are funded. IFC ScaleX is designed to do this, backing impactful accelerators that are themselves backing women entrepreneurs with great ideas.”

Photo courtesy of Meena Kadr.

Source: We-Fi (link opens in a new window)

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Finance, Investing
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gender lens, impact investing, women entrepreneurs