Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

ISIF maintains a commitment to gender diversity, including a target of 40% representation in internal director nominations, and is a member of industry initiatives such as Level 20 and the 30% Club. ISIF also works towards improving gender representation across its portfolio, including a target of 30% female representation on the boards of investee companies in the Irish Portfolio. Diversity, equity and inclusion are also reflected in ISIF’s engagement approach, including through third-party engagement on the ISIF Funding Portfolio.

In 2025, 57% of director nominations within ISIF were female (against the annual target of 40%). ISIF is a member of Level 20 (a not-for-profit organisation founded with the aim of improving gender diversity in the private equity industry), the 30% Club Industry Group for the financial services sector and the 30% Club Investor Group.

ISIF also promotes a minimum target of 30% female representation on the boards of ISIF investee companies across the Irish Portfolio, against which in 2025, 23% of all Irish Portfolio investee companies have at least 30% women on the board.

Female Let Investment Firms

In November 2022, ISIF announced its ambition to invest a minimum of €50m over two years into female owned private equity and venture capital funds. By establishing an ambition for investing in female-led funds, ISIF is seeking to demonstrate its commitment to addressing gender inequality in investment and to positively impact the allocation of capital to female led businesses.

By end-2025, ISIF has closed €51m in aggregate of commitments under this initiative to Norrsken Venture Capital, Blume Equity and Sofinnova MD Start IV, and has built a strong pipeline for 2026. These commitments bring new capital, investment expertise and additional networks across early-stage venture capital to private equity, and in the climate, impact, life sciences and healthcare sectors.