Acumen (patient capital investment)
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Patient capital as equity or debt, historically in the US$250,000-3m range, with a long horizon and below-market return expectations
Acumen
private · supranational
Deadline: Open all year — Investment pipeline is sourced continuously by regional teams. Acumen also runs thematic funds for agriculture and hardest-to-reach energy.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: energy, agri, health, social, climate
- Stage: seed, Series A and growth
For-profit companies serving low-income customers in Africa, South Asia and Latin America
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://acumen.org/investments/
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Source: acumen.org
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