Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers.

Where micro-finance focuses on small loans to individual, low-income women, think of Acumen Fund more like a venture capital fund.

Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda.

Through the Fellows Program, Acumen Fund prepares future global leaders with the tools necessary to drive significant social change.

As both developed and developing nations search for alternative sources of energy in response to the growing energy crisis, we at Acumen Fund believe that investing in entrepreneurs who provide innovative energy solutions is an increasingly critical part of the solution.

I would like philanthropists to take more risks and invest more in risk capital.