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Shriti Pandey is determined to reimagine and rebuild an industry that is responsible for nearly 40% of carbon emissions.

Acumen has invested in Clinify Health, a digital health company that works with independent physician practices that care for populations in underserved communities. Clinify provides technology tools and services to these practices to help them succeed in alternative payment arrangements. THE CHALLENGE: GAPS IN MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED People who live in underserved communities face various … Continued

Acumen has invested in Samaritan, a digital social determinants of health (SDOH) platform that provides people without a home with the social and financial support needed to reach health and housing goals. THE CHALLENGE: POOR HEALTH AMONG UNHOUSED POPULATIONS While the unhoused population continues to increase year after year (more than 580 thousand experienced homelessness … Continued

We need more pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) solar, not less, to bring modern energy to the poorest communities within the next decade. But when companies grow PAYGo loan portfolios too quickly, without establishing cultures of managing risk and internal controls to protect consumers, they can harm the people who need credit the most.  The Problem Seven hundred … Continued

Acumen has invested in Akili Network – Kenya and East Africa’s first and only dedicated free-to-air children’s learning TV channel. Akili Network broadcasts a wide range of edutainment content that supports the development and growth of children. The Challenge: An Unmet Demand for Children’s Content Television ownership has increased in Kenya, with 74% of Kenyan … Continued

A través de un modelo pedagógico innovador Coschool brinda herramientas y contenidos para que los y las educadoras transformen su práctica pedagógica. La compañía se une al portafolio de inversiones de Acumen en Latinoamérica, siendo su segunda inversión en educación en la región. Acumen, liderando la primera ronda de inversión junto con Fundación Bancolombia y … Continued

Over the Halloween weekend, the art and technology worlds converged in a cutting-edge experiment to benefit social change initiatives through an NFT Auction.   Four NFTs were developed by the artistic collective known as Wicked Craniums, each representing one of four gods of the elements: Air, Water, Fire and Earth. Acumen, along with UNICEF India, Mercy Corps … Continued

Lindsay Stradley, David Auerbach, and Ani Vallabhaneni understand what it means to innovate at the edges while keeping an eye to wholesale systems change. They understand that some systems are so complex, colossal, and dysfunctional that moral innovation is required.