Gender Equity
through
Capital Allocation

New Era Advisors is a fundraising advisory firm focusing on female and diverse investment managers in the private markets. We’re on a mission to promote gender equity through capital allocation.


Why Women?

Study after study has shown that backing female investment managers generates higher returns.

Firms with female leadership deliver stronger fund-level returns

69% of top quartile venture firms have women in decision-making roles. [PitchBook]

69%

Women fund managers are more likely to back female-led businesses, which in turn deliver better results

Female investment partners have more than 70% more female-led businesses in their portfolios than male partners. [IFC]

70%


Businesses founded by women deliver 2.5x more revenue per dollar of funding than those founded by men. [BCG]

2.5x


Gender-inclusive teams are 21% more likely to outperform on profitability and 27% more likely to have superior value creation. [McKinsey]

21%

And yet women are frequently overlooked in the private markets.

Women are underrepresented in leadership

Women hold only 10% of all senior positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally. [IFC]

10%


Women are underrepresented in AUM

Women and ethnically diverse investors manage only 1.3% of the total investment industry’s $69 trillion in assets under management. [Knight Foundation]

1.3%


Women are underrepresented in investments

Only 2% of venture capital goes to female-founder-only teams and 24% to female- and male-founder teams. Male-only teams get 74% of venture capital funding. [Pitchbook]

2%

This Market Dislocation Represents an
Opportunity for Investors to Drive Alpha