For World Poverty Day, nonprofit venture capital fund Acumen debuts a series of portraits of people living on less than $5 a day--and shows how the projects it's funded are helping. Dynamic Duos: ...

At a time when one out of four office spaces in Lower Manhattan are collecting cobwebs, one century-old tower is teeming with tenants who want to stay put for the long run. The 22-year-old charitable ...

Some 35% of Americans report missing a mortgage payment due to the pandemic and more than 50% are cutting back on essential expenses to afford to make their mortgage payment, according to the National ...

Newswise — Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, has been selected as the 2010 William F. Glaser ’53 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year. The Acumen Fund is a pioneering not-for-profit ...

Mr. Rich Jones joined the Acumen Fund team in May 2010 as a Talent Associate. He supports Acumen Fund in its human resource function. He began his professional career at Cintas Corporation in the ...

Carsten Stendevad, a Bridgewater Associates partner and its co-CIO of sustainable investing, is taking on a new gig, moving to impact investor Acumen Fund Inc. as its president and CIO. Stendevad’s ...

There’s a story Jacqueline Novogratz has told many times but never seems to tire of recounting. Here’s the short version: Growing up, she had a favorite blue sweater with zebras on the front and Mount ...

Jamie Metzl, Executive Vice President of the Asia Society, in conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund that invests in entrepreneurs who ...

(Bloomberg) -- The world's biggest climate fund is backing Acumen, a US-based company that promotes universal energy access, in establishing a $250 million facility to bring electricity from off-grid ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Acumen, a non-profit private equity fund that invests in basic services for the poor in emerging markets, plans to boost its funding by four times in the next three to five years, ...