Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Stanford Business School
Version: 29 March 2005
Length: 17 pages
Data source: Field research
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Abstract
Acumen Fund is an international venture philanthropy fund that has recently refined its strategy for providing management support to its investments. The chief investment officer is reviewing the performance of a portfolio organization, and against the backdrop of Acumen Fund’s evolution and renewed focus on management support, he is trying to determine how much additional support to provide to an organization that has faced significant challenges, The organization and its goals, performance and management challenges is described. The company is a small start-up water filter manufacturer and distributor in rural India. Acumen Fund’s approach to investment and management of philanthropic investments in developing countries is described in detail.
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Abstract
Acumen Fund is an international venture philanthropy fund that has recently refined its strategy for providing management support to its investments. The chief investment officer is reviewing the performance of a portfolio organization, and against the backdrop of Acumen Fund’s evolution and renewed focus on management support, he is trying to determine how much additional support to provide to an organization that has faced significant challenges, The organization and its goals, performance and management challenges is described. The company is a small start-up water filter manufacturer and distributor in rural India. Acumen Fund’s approach to investment and management of philanthropic investments in developing countries is described in detail.