Investors / United States / Acumen
Acumen
Venture capital · New York City, NY, United States · North America
Acumen invests in entrepreneurs and businesses serving low-income communities, deploying what it calls Patient Capital, and runs Acumen Academy, a school for social change that trains leaders. It has operated since 2001 across Africa, India, Latin America, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningE-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsimpact investingpoverty alleviationrenewable energysustainable agricultureeducationsocial enterprise
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Or find every investor that fitsAcumen lists 3 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (40%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (20%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (20%). 33% of its companies are based in Nigeria.
No funding round on record names Acumen yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 40% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 20% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 20% | 7% |
| Education | 20% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Cascador | 1 |
| KawiSafi Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Compare Acumen head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
3 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amal Academy empowers Pakistan's youth by developing their soft skills and mindsets to help them secure successful careers. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| EthioChicken provides day-old chicks and poultry feed to farmers in Ethiopia. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Koolboks sells solar-powered freezers | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- acumen.org
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 3
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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