"Instead of trying to change the system, let’s build a new one": an interview with Vicki Saunders

Vicki Saunders launched SheEO in 2015, a perpetual loan fund powered by the ‘radical generosity’ of several activators who each contribute the equivalent of 1,100 dollars (or $92/month) into a pool of capital for women-founded ventures solving social problems (or, as Saunders describes them, ‘the world’s to-do list’). SheEO launched in the UK, their fifth country, in late 2019, and have a pipeline of 70 further countries keen to replicate the model. The long-term goal is to reach a million women activators by the end of this decade, and a billion dollar fund helping 10,000 entrepreneurs every year.