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PEWIN membership requirements

Every criterion PEWIN publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it — plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

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Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Gender	Women investment professionals	PEWIN describes itself as a network of the most senior women in private equity	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Role or title	Must hold the senior-most investment title available — managing director, partner, founder, chief investment officer or asset class head — or be a C-level or investor relations leader	Applies to both GPs and allocators	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum tenure in role	Minimum 10 years' experience in private markets		Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Industry restriction	Must work in private equity, venture capital, private credit and/or value-added infrastructure or energy; real estate and hedge funds are excluded		Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Sponsorship	Nomination by a current PEWIN member through the member portal is required	Nomination review typically takes two to three weeks; unsuccessful candidates may be renominated if their role or experience changes	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗

How admission works

Application process

There is no open application. A current member nominates a candidate through PEWIN's member portal, and the nomination is reviewed against the seniority, tenure and asset-class criteria. PEWIN says the process typically takes two to three weeks. Candidates who do not qualify at the time can be renominated later if their experience or role changes.

Invitation required

Yes

Sponsor required

Yes

Selectivity

Not publicly disclosed as a rate. PEWIN publishes hard eligibility criteria and requires member nomination, and reports that 93% of members hold C-suite or partnership-level positions.

Membership term

— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Primary audience

Senior women investment professionals in private equity, venture capital, private credit and value-added infrastructure or energy — on both the GP and LP sides

Typical member

Members hold the most senior investment titles available at their institutions: managing director, partner, founder, chief investment officer or asset class head, plus C-level and investor-relations leaders. PEWIN reports that 93% of members are at C-suite or partnership level, and that members' institutions manage more than $3 trillion.

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If not: alternatives to PEWIN — Level 20, Founders Forum, Dynamite Circle, Keiretsu Forum.

Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

PEWIN — Private Equity Women Investor Network, PEWIN. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
About — PEWIN, PEWIN. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Membership — PEWIN, PEWIN. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
PEWIN Names Kirsty McGuire as Executive Director, Business Wire, June 2021. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8
PEWIN Foundation Announces Its First Grant Recipient Girls Who Invest, Business Wire, August 2023. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8
Four PEWIN Members Raise a Total of $1.5 Billion for their Respective Funds, PR Newswire. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.