Project Description
IFC is engaging Village Capital to understand what aspects of the Village Capital's peer selection method enables the accelerator to have a relatively higher number of women entrepreneurs being supported and subsequently the development and dissemination of a framework that can be adopted by other accelerators.
The project aims to achieve these objectives through the following components:
1. An analysis of Village Capital's past and ongoing programs to derive learnings on what makes Village Capital more successful at attracting and investing in women entrepreneurs than the average venture fund.
2. Applying the learnings from the analysis to conduct experimental programs to evaluate the impact of the interventions
3. Developing a toolkit that outlines the strategies to reduce the gender gaps