Suzanne Biegel endowment fund makes first investments to tackle gender inequality and climate crisis
by Samantha Anderson
Heading for Change, the $3.5 million climate endowment set up by the late gender-smart investing pioneer Suzanne Biegel, has made its first five investments.
Investees include AiiM, a woman of colour-owned climate technology fund with a strong gender lens, and Supply Change Capital, a women-led US-focused venture fund focused on sustainable food systems.
Alliance readers might know that Suzanne – who was a long term, dear friend and colleague of mine – passed away in September after navigating metastatic lung cancer for more than two years. Heading for Change was both the culmination of Suzanne’s groundbreaking work on climate and gender and the final legacy she wanted to leave on the world. These first investments represent an important moment to honour Suzanne’s amazing work.