Acumen
Investment Details
Investor Type
Charitable Foundation
Asset Class Focus
ESG and Impact Investing, Venture Capital, Private Equity
Stage Focus
Seed, Early Stage, Growth, Late Stage
Geographical Focus
United States, India, Brazil, Mexico, Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Uganda, Tanzania, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras
Industries Focus
- Financial Services
- Technology
- Healthcare
- Energy
- Consumer Goods
- Infrastructure
- Telecommunications
- Media
- Retail
- Education
- Agriculture
- Transportation
- Manufacturing
- Housing
- Water and Sanitation
Investment Size:
500,000 to 10,000,000 USD
Investor Details Founded: 2001
Acumen is a non-profit organization dedicated to investing in social enterprises that serve low-income individuals. Founded in 2001, it deploys philanthropic capital and business acumen to help low-income communities create businesses. Acumen's investments focus on delivering affordable, critical goods and services like health, water, housing, and energy through innovative, market-oriented approaches.
Operating globally, Acumen has offices in the United States, India, Pakistan, Kenya, and Ghana. It invests in companies providing agricultural inputs, quality education, clean energy, healthcare services, formal housing, safe drinking water, and sanitation services to low-income customers. Acumen's model is to invest as equity or debt in social enterprises, both for-profit or non-profit organizations, that are serving people living below, at, or slightly above the poverty line.
Acumen measures success in the number of lives reached in bottom-of-the-pyramid markets. It defines patient capital as a debt or equity investment in an early-stage social enterprise, allowing an extended timeline for a return (7–12 years). Acumen tends to focus on companies working in off-grid, renewable energy, and agriculture. The organization has invested in over 100 companies across various sectors and regions, impacting millions of lives since its inception.
Requirements
- Focus on social enterprises serving low-income individuals
- Innovative, market-oriented approaches
- Potential for scalable impact
- Alignment with Acumen's mission to tackle poverty and promote sustainable development
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Portfolio Companies
- d.light
- M-KOPA Solar
- Juhudi Kilimo
- Sanergy
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