Impact Investing in Action — Where Would You Put Your Money?
291 views · Published 8 January 2014 · 58:48 · Indexed 16 October 2026
Channel: Columbia Business School · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism
What makes an Acumen investment? A potential for a large scale social impact, a financial sustainable, a game changer idea or new model, or a scalable opportunity the fight poverty. Learn what Acumen looks for in their investment applications and then apply it to this case study. As a new member of the Acumen board, Jessica Martin will walk you through a potential investment with a small farmer from Kenya who is looking to expand his company by raising capital to purchase hybrid genetically modified seeds to increase sales by 4X the current output. At the end you can determine if you would invest in this company. Speakers: Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund and Jessica Martin, Innovation Associate at Acumen.
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