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

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

I don't think a lot of people have been entrepreneurial about venture capital.

Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.

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

We believed the world didn't need another commoditized venture capital firm.