An integral part of the IVCA is to promote diversity and inclusion within our industry. Besides, we are also supporting and building an inclusive environment for the investment firms to be able to thrive. We at IVCA have organized several events with our Diversity Partner WinPE over the years to encourage more women in investing.
Getting investors’ and Founders’ perspectives on working with male founders and all male promoter/ management teams to kick start the discussion on gender diversity with portfolio companies – how it is received, how do investors build this into their discussions. Also, going forward, how do they build it into due diligence. The panelists also delved into the Differences or lack of differences, between working with male led teams and female led teams.
Panelists:
Kanwaljit Singh, Managing Partner, Fireside Ventures
Varun Alagh, Founder, Mama Earth
Mukund Ramaswami, Partner, Lighthouse
Suchi Mukherjee, Founder, LimeRoad
Nupur Garg, Founder, WinPE
A panel discussion that brought together powerful and inspirational women who have built unicorns. They spoke about the idea, the process and their journey using a professional and personal lens.
Panelists:
- Ankiti Bose, Co-founder Zilingo
- Kirthiga Reddy, Investment Partner, Softbank
- Neeti Mehta Shukla, Co-founder, Senior VP, Automation anywhere
- Vani Kola, Managing Director, Kalaari
Vani Kola, Managing Director, Kalaari
The industry leaders spoke about the state of gender diversity in the private equity/ venture capital ecosystem, sharing the progress made, and deliberated upon the way forward to building gender balance in investing and entrepreneurship; industry’s approach to gender diversity which is evolving, what is driving the change, and how one can be a part of the new face of private equity and venture capital.
Panelists:
- Gopal Jain, Managing Partner, Gaja Capital
- GV Ravishankar, Managing Director, Sequoia India
- Harsh Singhal, Managing Director, CDPQ India
- Janet Hall, Director, Investment Funds, Asian Development Bank
Gopal Jain, Managing Partner,Gaja Capital
GV Ravishankar, Managing Director,Sequoia India
Harsh Singhal, Managing Director,CDPQ India
Panel discussions, fireside chats on Gender-Smart Investing for Better Business, Global Context and practices around Gender Diversity,
A knowledge session on “leading in the boardroom”, along with a Fireside Chat between Sushma Kaushik, Partner Aavishkaar Group and Kalpana Unadkat, Partner, Khaitan
Organised Events with the objective of enhancing gender diversity within the investing ecosystem
Recognised Leadership in Diversity Award
Conducted a Survey on Gender Diversity