Investors boost the "missing middle"
June 24, 2008 -- An article in the Financial Times discusses investment in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Acumen Fund's Director of Business Development, Sasha Dichter, is quoted, and our investment in ambulance service 1298 is highlighted. (See more)
See below for select mentions in the media.
For Acumen Fund announcements and press releases, click here.
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Date
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Publication |
Title |
| 2008 |
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| Jun 24, 2008 |
MSNBC |
Rockefeller 2.0: Gates relaunches philanthropy
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| Jun 23, 2008 |
Financial Times |
Investors boost the ‘missing middle' |
| Jun 14, 2008 |
The Hindu
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U.S. fund invests in AyurVAID
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| Jun 9, 2008 |
SmallBiz (SmartMoney)
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Starting Up: Funding Your Social Venture
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May 14, 2008
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Christian Science Monitor |
Private philanthropy's global reach |
| Apr 14, 2008 |
Conde Nast Portfolio
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The Brilliant Issue
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| Apr 4, 2008 |
Red Herring
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Acumen Fund's Big Ambition
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| Mar 9, 2008 |
New York Times Magazine
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For Good, Measure
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| Jan 24, 2008 |
Financial Times
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Youthful force for change in society
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Jan 21, 2008
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Entrepreneur
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Making Progress
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| Jan 11, 2008 |
Fortune |
The Face of Philanthropy |
Jan 4, 2008
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BusinessWeek
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Mosquito Nets: Caught in a Tangle |
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| 2007 |
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| December 2007 |
Alliance magazine
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Measuring market-based approaches
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Dec 3, 2007
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PRWeb
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Acumen Fund Honored with Social Capitalist Award by Fast Company & Monitor Group
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| Dec 1, 2007 |
American Enterprise Institute
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Entrepreneurial Philanthropy in the Developing World |
| Oct 17, 2007
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OnPhilanthropy |
Revolution in Kenya: Refocusing Microfinance on the World's Poorest |
Sep 13, 2007
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Reuters |
Websites Let You Be Banker to World's Poor |
| Aug 25, 2007
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Financial Express (India) |
In the Business of Service |
| Aug 14, 2007
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Wall Street Journal
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Behind One Effort to Tap Into India's Water Market |
Aug 1, 2007
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BusinessWeek online
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On Campus, a Different Pyramid Scheme
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Jul 24, 2007
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International Herald Tribune
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Cheap glasses bring hope, and wages, to poor villagers
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Jul 5, 2007
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Economist
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More money than sense |
| Jul 1, 2007 |
BusinessWeek
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Where Venture Capital Never Ventured Before
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Jun 1, 2007
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Forbes
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The New Activist Givers
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Apr 20, 2007
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New York Times
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Patient Capital for an Africa that Can't Wait
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Apr 11, 2007
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Reuters
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Viewing the poor as customers |
Apr 11, 2007
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Reuters |
Acumen fund for poor expects investment to soar
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March 2007
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Foreign Affairs
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From "Marvelous Momentum" to Health Care for All |
Mar 5, 2007
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BusinessWeek
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Designing Change
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Jan 26, 2007
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Financial Times
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One Fund Stretches Charity Dollar |
