Pesquisa
wX Insights is WeXchange’s cornerstone knowledge product that provides the most recent data into the profiles of women STEMpreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
wX Insights 2024: Reducing the Gap in Access to Capital
This edition of the wX Insights report focuses on the gap in access to institutional capital faced by women STEMpreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Through surveys of women entrepreneurs and interviews with a select group of women STEMpreneurs and investors from venture capital funds, information was collected about the profiles of STEMpreneurs and their companies in LAC; the expectations and experience of STEMpreneurs in terms of raising capital; the perception of STEMpreneurs and investors about the factors that contribute to capital raising. Additionally, the report presents an analysis of the best practices adopted by entrepreneurs who have managed to raise capital and by venture capital (VC) funds that have invested in companies led by women.
The study presents the following structure:
- Profile of women STEMpreneurs and their companies
- Key learnings from women STEMpreneurs
- Key learnings from VC investors
- Recommendations for women entrepreneurs and investors
wX Insights: The Rise of Women STEMpreneurs
In 2019, WeXchange, in partnership with Santander X, commissioned a study under the name wX Insights: The Rise of Women STEMpreneurs. This study complements the WeGrow report on women entrepreneurs, conducted in 2014 by IDB Lab and E&Y.
wX Insights was based on 1,148 survey responses from women in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in LAC, out of which 405 were identified as entrepreneurs in STEM. The study also interviewed 17 VC investors from the region who either invested in women or were women investors.
WEGrow: Unlocking the Growth Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean
This study was commissioned by the IDB Lab (formerly known as the IDB´s Multilateral Investment Fund) and produced by Ernst & Young. It analyzes the profiles, challenges and needs of high-growth women entrepreneurs in nine countries in the region.
This study was the first of its kind in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was based on 427 survey responses of entrepreneurs and executives, and 8 focus groups with ecosystem players.