Our Impact

Our investments have reached more than 40 million people and created 35,000 jobs.

Since 2001, Acumen Fund has invested more than $50 million in 50 companies across 5 countries.

You can skim our 2009/2010 highlights below...
Annual Report

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Health

Launched 2001

$25.2M invested

280 emergency services vehicles
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Ziqitza Healthcare’s Dial 1298 for Ambulance fleet has grown from 10 ambulances in Mumbai to 280 in Mumbai, Bihar, Kerala and Rajasthan, with plans to scale to 1,000.
29M anti-malarial bednets
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A to Z in Tanzania has scaled its capacity to manufacture millions of life-saving insecticidetreated bednets annually.

Housing

Launched 2002

$5.2M invested

30K people in safe communities
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In Pakistan, Saiban’s housing units are providing thousands of families with full access to essential utilities and social amenities like schooling and health care.
1K people with homes
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Our loan to Jamii Bora in Kenya jumpstarted construction of Kaputei Town, a pioneering, ecofriendly urban planning project that provides affordable homes for formerly slum-dwelling families.

Water

Launched 2004

$6.2M invested

296 water treatment plants
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WHI operates community water systems across India that provide 250,000 customers with safe water daily.
4.3M uses of sanitation services
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Ecotact in Kenya has gone from 11 sites in operation in early 2009 to more than 25 in July 2010, each providing access to clean, safe toilet facilities to thousands of customers each day.

Energy

Launched 2008

$5.3M invested

2M using safe solar lighting
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d.light design has passed the threshold of 2M people with lights worldwide.
100K with electricity
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Fifty-five rural villages in Bihar, India, are now powered by Husk Power System’s rice husk-fired generators.

Agricul-
ture

Launched 2009

$8.3M invested

350K with drip irrigation
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Thousands of smallholder farm families in India are benefiting from increased crops and income thanks to GEWP’s drip irrigation systems.
150K farmers
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Western Seed develops and distributes affordable hybrid seeds to low-income farmers in East Africa, improving agricultural output.

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