About us
Acumen is a global force of entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, and social innovators working together to break the cycle of poverty.
We were founded on the radical idea that business can solve the hardest problems of poverty.
We focus on investing in transformational companies, building sustainable markets and preparing leaders with the tools they need to create a more just and inclusive future. Since 2001, we have scaled companies and shaped markets in some of the hardest to reach communities on the planet, impacting hundreds of millions of lives.
Acumen at a glance
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Meet our Founder and CEO
Jacqueline Novagratz is a trailblazing social innovator and best-selling author whose work has inspired people around the world and taken impact investing from a fringe concept to a mainstream
phenomenon.
Our team
We are a tireless team of investors and innovators who
come from many corners of the globe and go wherever
our impact is needed most.
Connect with us
Work with us
Want to join a global, talented, and
passionate organization working to impact
millions of lives?
Contact us
We partner with others to scale change.
Please contact us at one of our nine offices
around the world.
Annual Report
Imagine Dignity
Our 2022 Annual Report highlights
ways we went bigger and bolder
in identifying problems, building
markets, and scaling solutions to
problems of poverty.
A closer look at
Acumen
What we do
Problems we solve
Where we work
By preparing entrepreneurs and deploying Patient Capital, we give people in poverty the power to transform their lives.
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We focus on solving problems across the five strategic sectors of energy, agriculture, workforce, healthcare, and education
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We work in some of the hardest to reach communities on the planet, from Africa to India, Latin America to the United States.
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