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Creating economic impact takes more than just technology. It takes solutions providing market access with productive equipment for smallholder farmers.

Acumen has invested in SokoFresh, which provides smallholder farmers in East Africa with cold-storage solutions and market access to reduce post-harvest losses and guarantee demand for produce. This is Acumen’s first new investment with its latest energy initiative, PEII+, which is designed to invest early-stage capital in energy businesses that are improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and micro-entrepreneurs in India, East Africa, and West...

The company's co-founders were honored in a ceremony in Boston, where five winners were announced by a line-up of presenters including The Princess of Wales; Academy Award-Winning actor Rami Malek; actor, screenwriter and comedian Catherine O’Hara and actor and advocate Shailene Woodley. Kheyti, an Acumen investee co-founded by two Acumen Fellows, has been awarded Prince William’s Earthshot Prize, the world’s most prestigious environmental prize. Kaushik...

Last updated on December 7, 2022. This post will be updated throughout COP27. You can also sign up for our newsletter for more news and updates from Acumen.  December 7, 2022 Reflections from Acumen's Founder and CEO, Jacqueline Novogratz, on Acumen's role at COP27.  In the few weeks since COP27 ended, I’ve been spending time processing my experience there. A small but mighty crew, Acumen...