Acumen

Acumen

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Investment Firm

Overview

Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States.

Since 2001, Acumen invested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.

Highlights

Founded

2001

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

101-250

Investment

131

Lead Investment

74

Exits

4

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Entrepreneurship Program, Venture Capital

Location

New York, New York, United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Acumen, established in 2001 and headquartered in New York, New York, United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture investments across Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Transportation, Automotive, Manufacturing, Service Industry. The organization boasts a portfolio of 132 investments, with an average round size of $3.8M and 4 successful exits. Their recent investments include d.light, Nexus Venture Partners, Garage Technology Ventures, Mahindra Rise, Gray Matters Capital. The highest investment round they participated in was $20.5B. Among their most notable exits are d.light and Nexus Venture Partners. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Batool Hassan

Batool Hassan

Director, Acumen Academy

imagePlace Nagaraja Prakasam

Nagaraja Prakasam

Partner

imagePlace Jacqueline Novogratz

Jacqueline Novogratz

Founder & CEO

imagePlace Jo-Ann Tan

Jo-Ann Tan

Director, Acumen Academy

imagePlace Jessica Martin

Jessica Martin

Senior Innovation Associate

imagePlace Seema Gohil

Seema Gohil

Head of Agriculture

Investment portfolio

Acumen has made 131 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 21, 2023, when Ampersand raised $12.0M.

Acumen has made 20 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Aug 24, 2020, when MindRight Health raised $1.0M.

investments

131

Diversity investments

20

Lead investments

74

Number of exits

4

Investments

131

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Sep 26, 2023
ReCircle ReCircle
Waste Managementnull
Nov 22, 2023
AquaRech AquaRech
Trading Platform1.7M
Dec 21, 2023
Ampersand Ampersand
Emerging Markets12.0M
Apr 02, 2024--27.5M

Exits

4

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

131

Investors

1

Funds

3

Funding Rounds

131

Acumen has raised 131 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 02, 2024 from a Series B - SunCulture round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Sep 26, 2023
Seed Round - ReCircle Seed Round - ReCircle
-0-
Nov 22, 2023
Seed Round - AquaRech Seed Round - AquaRech
-1.7M-
Dec 21, 2023
Venture Round - Ampersand Venture Round - Ampersand
-12.0M-
Apr 02, 2024
Series B - SunCulture Series B - SunCulture
-27.5M-

Investors

1

Acumen is funded by 1 investor(s). Takeda Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
Takeda Takeda
Yes
Grant - Acumen
0

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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