By Paraag Sabhlok, Associate Director, Portfolio; Coco Lim, Senior Associate, Insights & Strategy; and Yash Vardhan Gaddhyan, Portfolio Analyst For years, Nidhi Pant held the perception that farmers were predominantly male. But as she and the other founders of the company, S4S, spent more time in India’s villages, they witnessed a large number of women … Continued
By Daniel Waldron, Head of Insights and Christopher Emmott, Associate Director, Investing in Energy Access Everything you touch or do today, every bite of food, every piece of clothing, every trip to the store, takes energy. It is essential to economic production; it literally fuels progress. But the opposite is also true. Without abundant, affordable … Continued
Acumen has invested in CropSafe — a social enterprise supporting smallholder farmers by minimizing post-harvest losses and providing access to local and international markets.
Para trabajar en impacto social, es necesario comprender y abrazar la belleza de la lucha para encontrar la motivación necesaria y seguir el camino que lleva a cambios sostenibles. Al fin y al cabo, el cambio social requiere tiempo, paciencia y aferrarse a una esperanza de hierro para superar fracasos o adversidades que se puedan … Continued
Acumen, in partnership with Loughborough University under the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) program, which is funded by the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), announced the release of a new report—Recipe for Success: Lessons from Acumen’s Cookstoves Investments. The last decade has seen the beginnings of a revolution in cooking for people … Continued
Al cierre de 2021, la fintech colombiana IncluirTec, procesó más de 33 mil solicitudes de crédito, de los cuales, 78% corresponde a productores con menos de cinco hectáreas de cultivo. Acumen, el fondo de inversión de impacto, anunció la inversión de US$420.000 en IncluirTec, una empresa de tecnología financiera que hace posible la entrega de … Continued
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+, that is designed to invest early-stage capital in energy businesses that are improving the livelihoods of … Continued
Acumen has invested $500,000 in Kiip — a simple and secure vital document management & storage platform to reduce the administrative burdens faced by vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in the U.S. The Challenge: Administrative Burdens Create Tremendous Barriers for Low-Income Communities Accessing, retaining, renewing, and sharing vital documents creates tremendous barriers for individuals in their efforts … Continued