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What we do
We invest in entrepreneurs and help them build a more inclusive world.
An ecosystem of impact
There are three key components of our work that are deeply connected. We cultivate leaders, provide capital and catalyze markets.
We invest in businesses that solve problems of poverty. These businesses not only create jobs in local communities, they provide vital products and services that help people transform their lives.
Acumen VenturesRather than treat portfolio companies as one-off investments, we help them connect and scale, network and collaborate. This leads to purpose-built markets that have the potential to eliminate poverty.
At Acumen Academy, entrepreneurs learn the hard skills required to build scalable solutions to poverty and hone the harder skills of moral leadership. It’s a life-long community with more than 1,600 innovators.
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The problems of poverty are global. The solutions must be local.
No matter how remote the village or how abject the poverty, you’ll find us on the ground with local offices and regional teams to guide our work and shape our strategies.
Solutions-focused
Years of experience have taught us where our investments can have the greatest impact.