Ceniarth Leads $10 M Commitment to Deetken Impact’s Ilu Women’s Empowerment Fund
Deetken Impact, a leading Canadian impact asset manager, is pleased to announce the investment of USD 10 million from Ceniarth and an aligned donor-advised fund investor, into the Ilu Women’s Empowerment Fund. As an impact-first investor focused on funding market-based solutions that benefit underserved communities globally, this funding will support the deployment of gender-smart capital in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with a particular focus on solutions that address the region’s pressing social and environmental challenges.
The Ilu Women’s Empowerment Fund, launched in 2016, was the first Gender Lens Investing (GLI) fund dedicated to the LAC region. It is uniquely positioned to deploy catalytic capital to empower women and girls while advancing sustainable economic development and resilience. By strategically aligning its investment practices with both gender equality and climate action, the Ilu Fund is helping to establish long-term leadership roles for women as key actors, beneficiaries, and leaders in solutions to our most urgent global challenges.