Gender Smart Financing Investing In and With Women: Opportunities for Europe

From the European Commission. This discussion paper argues that empowering women as founders and investors is crucial to the achievement of the InvestEU goals. InvestEU is the new investment programme to be launched in 2021 under the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework and financed by the Next Generation EU, aimed at mobilising private and public investment in Europe for more sustainable, inclusive and innovative growth.

Women tend to be associated with long-term, patient capital and more social-impact investment. Women’s wealth is on the rise and represents a huge economic opportunity to accelerate change towards a more diverse and sustainable financial system.