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1. acumen.org › manifestoAcumen | Manifesto

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   Feb 16, 2020 · Our Manifesto. It starts by standing with the poor, listening to voices unheard, and recognizing potential where others see despair. It demands investing as a means, not an end, daring to go where markets have failed and aid has fallen short. It makes capital work for us, not control us. It thrives on moral imagination: the humility to see the ...

2. acumen.org › aboutAcumen | About Acumen

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   Feb 16, 2020 · Acumen was founded by Jacqueline Novogratz in 2001 to use power of entrepreneurship to build a world where everyone had the opportunity to live with dignity. Our goal was to invest “Patient Capital” to bridge the gap between the efficiency and scale of market-based approaches and the social impact of pure philanthropy. Learn About Patient ...

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   What is Acumen Fund?

   • Acumen (formerly known as Acumen Fund, legally Acumen Fund, Inc.) is a nonprofit impact investment fund based in the U.S. that focuses on investing in social enterprises that serve low-income individuals. Acumen was founded in April 2001 by Jacqueline Novogratz.

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   What is acumen philanthropy?

   • Our vision is a world based on dignity, where every human being has the same opportunity. Rather than giving philanthropy away, we invest it in companies and change makers. Acumen was founded by Jacqueline Novogratz in 2001 to use power of entrepreneurship to build a world where everyone had the opportunity to live with dignity.

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   • When she founded Acumen in 2001, few had heard of the words impact investing. When we first began, our vision was to create a venture capital fund for the poor, supported by a global community of philanthropists and businesses willing to take a risk on a new approach to ending poverty.

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   Who founded Acumen?

   • Acumen was founded in 2001 by Jacqueline Novogratz, with help of seed capital from the Rockefeller Foundation, Cisco Systems Foundations and three individual philanthropists. Acumen uses a business mechanism to fight poverty, investing in for-profit businesses that treat the poor as customers.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Acumen_(organization)Acumen (organization) - Wikipedia

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   Acumen (formerly known as Acumen Fund, legally Acumen Fund, Inc.) [1] is a nonprofit impact investment fund based in the U.S. that focuses on investing in social enterprises that serve low-income individuals. [2] [3] Acumen was founded in April 2001 by Jacqueline Novogratz. It aims to demonstrate that small amounts of philanthropic capital ...

   • Founded: April 2001
   • Revenue: 30,363,773 United States dollar (2010)

   • Headquarters: United States
   • Founder: Jacqueline Novogratz

5. www.forbes.com › profile › jacqueline-novogratzJacqueline Novogratz - Forbes

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   CEO and Founder, Acumen. About Jacqueline Novogratz. In response to the pandemic, Novogratz mobilized her non-profit global venture capital fund to provide $7 million in emergency funding to ...

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7. www.designweek.co.uk › issues › april-2013A manifesto-led identity for investment fund Acumen

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   Apr 23, 2013 · Johnson Banks has developed a new identity for Acumen, an organisation that invests in business ideas in the developing world. Acumen, which was previously known as Acumen Fund, was established 12 years ago by author and entrepreneur Jacqueline Novogratz and supports business ideas in India, Pakistan and West and East Africa.

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   Acumen was founded in 2001 by Jacqueline Novogratz, author of New York Times Bestseller, The Blue Sweater, and Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World. We have invested ...