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Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A) : Download The Case (From

Acumen Fund is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in companies addressing critical social problems in developing countries. The case discusses two of Acumen's portfolio companies - Ecotact, a cleaner fuel project in Kenya, and Meridian, a health care company in India. It also examines Acumen's approach to measuring social impact using its Capabilities Assessment Matrix and the BACO methodology. The case raises questions around which measurement tools and investments best help Acumen achieve its social mission.

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Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A) : Download The Case (From

Acumen Fund is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in companies addressing critical social problems in developing countries. The case discusses two of Acumen's portfolio companies - Ecotact, a cleaner fuel project in Kenya, and Meridian, a health care company in India. It also examines Acumen's approach to measuring social impact using its Capabilities Assessment Matrix and the BACO methodology. The case raises questions around which measurement tools and investments best help Acumen achieve its social mission.

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Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A)

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Guiding questions:

1. What does Acumen Fund do?


2. What are the pros and cons of the Ecotact project?
3. What are the pros and cons of the Meridian project?
4. Rate the Ecotact and Meridian projects using Acumen Fund Capabilities Assessment
Matrix
• What are the pros and cons of the assessment matrix?
5. What are the pros and cons of the BACO measurement methodology?
6. Which measurement methodologies (i.e., assessment matrix vs. BACO) should Acumen
use?
7. What is your recommendation to Brian Trelstad & the investment committee regarding
Acumen’s investment allocation?

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