Acumen
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A global nonprofit changing the way the world tackles poverty by investing in sustainable businesses, leaders, and ideas.
Headquarters
United States of America,New YorkFounded in
2001Company Size
51–200 Employeesinvestor type
Venture Capitalinvestment stage
Early Growth Stage.Late Growth StageCompany Size
51–200 EmployeesSectors of focus
Financial Services,Energy & Resources
geographical focus
Africa
Team
FUNDING ROUNDS
d.light
Energy & Resources
Amount
$6,000,000
Date
Nov 21, 2008
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
Acumen, Garage Technology Ventures, Gray Matters Capital, Mahindra Group, Nexus Venture Partners, Threshold Ventures
Western Seed Company
Amount
$2,100,000
Date
Apr 24, 2010
Funding Round
Unspecifiedinvestors
Acumen Fund
d.light
Energy & Resources
Amount
$5,500,000
Date
Jun 24, 2010
Funding Round
Series Binvestors
Omidyar Network, Acumen, Nexus Venture Partners, Gray Matters Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Garage Technology Ventures
Juhudi Kilimo
Financial Services
Amount
$1,750,000
Date
May 10, 2011
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Acumen Fund, Grameen Foundation
M-KOPA
Energy & Resources
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Oct 1, 2011
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
Gray Ghost Ventures, DOB Equity, Acumen, LGT Venture Philanthropy, Lundin Foundation
Paga
Financial Services
Amount
$9,000,000
Date
Jun 21, 2012
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
Omidyar Network, Goodwell Investments, Capricorn Investment Group, Adlevo Capital, Acumen
d.light
Energy & Resources
Amount
$11,000,000
Date
Feb 25, 2014
Funding Round
Series Cinvestors
DFJ, Omidyar Network, Nexus Venture Partners, Garage Technology Ventures, Acumen, Gray Ghost Ventures
Jawabu Microhealth
Amount
$500,000
Date
Jun 15, 2015
Funding Round
Debt Financinginvestors
Acumen
PEG Africa
Energy & Resources
Amount
$13,500,000
Date
Oct 27, 2017
Funding Round
Series Binvestors
Energy Access Ventures, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), ENGIE, Acumen, PCG Investments
PEG Africa
Energy & Resources
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
Mar 20, 2019
Funding Round
Series Cinvestors
Energy Access Ventures, Blue Haven Initiative, Investisseurs et Partenaires, Acumen, Total Energy Ventures, Renewable Energy Performance Platform
Rural Village Energy Solutions
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Jun 15, 2019
Funding Round
Debt Financinginvestors
Acumen
Powergen Renewable Energy
Energy & Resources
Amount
Undisclosed
Date
Nov 5, 2019
Funding Round
Series Binvestors
Shell New Energies, Omidyar Network, Acumen, Renewable Energy Performance Platform, Electrification Financing Initiative, Sumitomo Corporation, DOB Equity, Micro-grid Catalytic Capital Partners
Tomato Jos
Agriculture
Amount
$4,200,000
Date
May 19, 2020
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
Goodwell Investments, Acumen Capital Partners, VestedWorld
UZURI K&Y
E-commerce
Amount
$25,000
Date
Sep 21, 2020
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Acumen and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship East Africa Accelerator
Green Face Trading
Agriculture
Amount
$25,000
Date
Sep 21, 2020
Funding Round
Seedinvestors
Acumen and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship East Africa Accelerator
Easy Solar
Energy & Resources
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
Oct 2, 2020
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
Acumen, FMO
SunCulture
Agriculture
Amount
$14,000,000
Date
Dec 4, 2020
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
Energy Access Ventures, Électricité de France, Dream Project Incubators, Acumen Capital Partners
Ed Partners Africa
Financial Services
Amount
$1,900,000
Date
Jun 22, 2021
Funding Round
Series Ainvestors
Acumen, Investisseurs Et Partenaires, Zephyr Acorn
Farmerline
Agriculture
Amount
$6,400,000
Date
Apr 26, 2022
Funding Round
Pre-Series Ainvestors
Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund, FMO, Greater Impact Foundation
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