Managed by Deetken Impact, the Ilu Women’s Empowerment Fund (Ilu Fund) is the first Gender Lens Investment (GLI) vehicle dedicated to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). As an evergreen fund, it delivers consistent financial returns while advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To date, the Fund has impacted over 700,000 individuals across the region through strategic investments in financial inclusion, clean energy, affordable housing, and sustainable agriculture.

With the support of the Resilient Futures Fund, Deetken Impact’s Ilu Women’s Empowerment Fund completed a 2X qualified investment in Dispower, a Colombian company that operates off-grid solar systems in remote communities in Colombia's non-interconnected zones. 

In light of deep-seated challenges and the barriers which women still face in to accessing credit and scaling their businesses, ProCredit Bank, in collaboration with GIZ under their develoPPP program, launched a transformative initiative - the #YoGeneroEquidad initiative, aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs across the country.

Under the initiative, ProCredit Bank started a journey towards gender equity, beginning with internal training, awareness and capacity building for staff.

uPlanner is a Chilean edtech company offering innovative technological solutions that leverage artificial intelligence and big data to help public and private higher education institutions in Latin America optimise their internal processes and resources, to increase coverage, improve students’ educational experience, and reduce dropout rates. More broadly, uPlanner supports the transition of universities to online delivery, by providing them with the tools needed to improve their process and optimise their resources while ensuring a high quality student educational experience.

Symplifica facilitates the creation, signing, and contract management between a domestic worker and their employer, including registration of the domestic worker in social security programs. Through the platform, Symplifica has formalised more than 11,000 domestic workers throughout Colombia, +95% of which are women from low-income communities.

Supporting biodiversity-based women-led and owned small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America.

Expanding women’s access to clean water in El Salvador.