
Case studies
Best practice examples of gender lens investing across themes, geographies and asset classes. For more JEDI-specific case studies, explore the JEDI Investing toolkit.
How Gender Smart Business Practices Led to this Latin American EdTech’s Workforce Transformation
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.
Global Endowment Management
Global Endowment Management (GEM) is a leading outsourced Chief Investment Office (OCIO) that provides institutional investment capabilities for endowments, foundations and other long-term investors. Through its impact investment approach, GEM partners with its clients to ensure investments are aligned with their values. This drives positive outcomes across the investment value chain, often at the intersection of climate, justice, and gender equity. Its integrated approach enables GEM to leverage its position in the investment value chain to serve its clients, and to drive more just, sustainable outcomes for communities and the planet.
Symplifica (Acumen Latam Impact Ventures)
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.
Madison Park Development Corporation
Climate and gender justice through affordable housing.
Chi Impact Capital
Women‑founded, Zurich‑based impact investing firm uses an integrated gender and climate impact methodology.
Envisioning Climate Solutions Fund (managed by Envisioning Partners)
South Korean VC uncovers deep tech opportunities with an internal gender lens.