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: ...

Acumen Fund’s investment in UHEAL is part of its global focus on advanced eye care services for the poor. In addition to UHEAL, Acumen is investing in Pushpagiri Vitreo Retina Institute (PVRI) in ...

Is a not-for-profit investment fund a contradiction in terms or a good way to invest in India? Varun Sahni, director of Acumen in India, speaks to WSJ New Delhi Bureau Chief Paul Beckett at the Aspen ...

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, ...

On his personal blog, Sasha Dichter, director of business development for the Acumen Fund, made an unusual request to friends, family, and other people last week: donate to his charity for his 36th ...