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Acumen America
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Acumen America is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, for-profit companies in the United States led by mission-oriented entrepreneurs. It also serves as an innovation partner to the Medicaid Innovation Collaborative, which works to advance tech-enabled innovations across the Medicaid ecosystem.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechFintech
In its own wordshealth equityfinancial inclusionworkforce developmentmedicaidpovertyimpact investing
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Or find every investor that fitsAcumen America lists 41 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 57% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (46%), Fintech (24%) and AI & Machine Learning (7%). 97% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside First Trust Capital Partners, Gratitude Ventures and Hopelab.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Acumen America, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Acumen America's whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 41. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 57% |
| Series A | 43% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 1 | 1 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 1 |
| '26 | 5 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 78th | 41 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 74th | 57% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 86th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 80th | 46% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 46% | 15% |
| Fintech | 24% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 7% | 18% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
| Human Resources | 4% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 2% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| First Trust Capital Partners | 3 |
| Gratitude Ventures | 3 |
| Hopelab | 3 |
| Impact America Fund | 3 |
| Sorenson Impact Foundation | 3 |
| Town Hall Ventures | 3 |
| Backstage Capital | 2 |
| City Light | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4098%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with First Trust Capital Partners
Compare Acumen America head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Acumen America| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Round | |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Series A | |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 23 Sept 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 14 Aug 2023 | Seed Led |
Round details for Acumen America
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Acumen America's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
41 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affect Therapeutics provides mental health and addiction treatment services. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ALIVE Ventures invests in high-growth companies that address economic inequality and transform the lives of low-income communities across Latin America. | FintechEducation | Feb 2026Round | Funding round | |
| Arc Health places top-tier physicians, nurses, and clinicians in rural, tribal, and Indian Health Service communities through locum tenens, travel, and permanent roles. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Attane Health delivers personalized groceries, educational support, and essential data to help people successfully manage chronic health conditions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Boulder Care provides virtual treatment for opioid, kratom, and alcohol addiction | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bridge Money offers a debit card and app that rewards users with cash back and other incentives for everyday purchases and activities | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Brighthive automates the entire data lifecycle for data workflows with its self-improving, multi-agent AI harness. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Climb Credit provides loans for career-focused training and education programs. | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| EarnUp provides a platform that automates savings and debt paydown activities for consumers | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| EmaEQ develops and provides artificial intelligence for women's health and wellness | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Esusu provides financial services, including rent reporting, credit building, and identity verification, to help individuals and businesses manage their finances and prevent fraud. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Everytable prepares and sells fresh, healthy meals | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Flourish Health provides care for young people with serious mental health needs through expert, psychiatrist-led care, in-home visits, and virtual sessions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FutureFit AI develops and provides AI-powered workforce solutions and platforms for career navigation, labor exchange, and employment services. | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Starlight makes government benefits and financial assistance easier to discover and access through trusted institutions. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Campground provides a platform for organizations to manage their program data, workflows, and outcomes in one place | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Here Now Health provides virtual mental healthcare for children and young adults impacted by foster care | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Malama provides pregnancy and postpartum support services to patients, including one-on-one care management and resources covered by insurance. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Inclusively provides a workforce intelligence platform to help employees find and use support and give benefits leaders and brokers real-time visibility into employee needs | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Kaizen Health provides a logistics hub for healthcare providers and patients, developing processes and technology to improve community access to healthcare | Healthcare & BiotechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- acumenamerica.org
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 14 Aug 2023
- Companies checked
- 41
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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