Introduction to Gender Lens Investing

Bradley Kopsick is the Myanmar/Cambodia Country Director for Insitor Partners, an impact investment fund backing entrepreneurs who build life-changing solutions for low-income consumers in developing Asia. Insitor’s target investees make essential services more affordable through simplified product design or improved business processes, and more accessible through efficient distribution models. Sectors include affordable housing, education, water and sanitation, healthcare, agriculture, and financial inclusion.

In his role, Bradley oversees operations across both Myanmar and Cambodia, exploring investment opportunities, conducting market analyses, and working closely with portfolio companies. Bradley has lived in Myanmar for the past 12 years and has served as a board member for the Myanmar Private Equity and Venture Capital Association since its inception in 2019.

Genevieve is Co-Founder and Director of Anthem Asia, an independent, women-led investment group focused on investing in SMEs in Myanmar. She has over 20 years of private equity, venture capital and impact investing experience in South East Asia, India and China. Genevieve is an advocate of Gender Lens Investing, ESG and Sustainability.

As an investor, she has worked closely with companies on financial and strategic planning, fundraising, regional expansion and acquisitions. Genevieve has been active in the Singapore and Myanmar start-up ecosystem serving as mentor and judge at start-up competitions.

Matthew Viner is the Director of the association. Matt is the Investment Manager for Emerging Markets Entrepreneurs – Myanmar (EME). EME launched in 2018 and has since invested in seven Myanmar startups with a ticket size between USD 50-250K. EME is sector agnostic, seeking to find the best founders with the highest potential for growth across industries that can use tech as a lever for scale. They are a hands-on investor and provided more than 1500 hours of direct support to their portfolio across 2019 in areas from sales and marketing, operations, finance and fundraising. Matt takes care of the EME team, supports company strategy, and manages deals from pipeline through to close and support.

Prior to EME Matt worked in consulting and launched a spin-off hardware / software enterprise in SEA.