Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Indian Women Leaders Eye Private Equity and Venture Capital
A Barclays report studied wealthy women leaders in India.
Many of them are interested in investments such as private equity and venture capital.
Forty percent plan to put new money into these investments within three to five years.
However, only 14% understand these investments well and currently use them.
Some women said they do not understand alternative investments enough, while others understand them but have not invested.
Most respondents want to build more knowledge and confidence.
Finding enough time to manage wealth is another major challenge.
The report also says women may inherit at least Rs 73 trillion over the next decade.
A Barclays report says 40% of surveyed women leaders in India plan to direct new capital toward alternative investments within three to five years.
Only 14% are highly familiar with alternative investments and actively invest in them.
The report found that 29% have limited understanding, while another 29% are highly familiar but completely uninvested.
Improving investment knowledge and confidence was a priority for 71% of respondents, while 50% cited time and attention as a wealth-management challenge.
Women in the survey are preparing to inherit at least Rs 73 trillion over the next decade, with 76% already actively directing investments.
- Who
- High-net-worth women leaders surveyed in India.
- What
- They are considering greater investment in alternative assets, including private equity and venture capital, despite gaps in knowledge and participation.
- When
- Over the next three to five years; the report also references wealth expected to be inherited over the next decade.
- Where
- India.
- Why
- Respondents cited the need to improve investment knowledge and confidence, while the report linked the shift to growing control over and inheritance of wealth.
- Report
- Barclays report titled The Ownership Shift
- Planned alternative-asset allocation
- 40% plan to allocate new capital to alternative investments over the next three to five years.
- Active, highly familiar investors
- 14% are highly familiar with alternative investments and actively invest in them.
- Knowledge priority
- 71% want to improve their investment knowledge and confidence.
- Wealth-management challenge
- 50% identified balancing time and attention as their biggest challenge.
- Expected inheritance
- Women across India are preparing to inherit at least Rs 73 trillion over the next decade.
- Investment decision-making
- 77% hold direct decision-making power, including 54% as equal co-decision makers and 23% with sole executive authority.