Acumen has invested more than $80 million in companies around the world, creating and supporting more than 50,000 jobs and impacting 100 million lives.

Bain first partnered with Acumen in 2012 through our pro bono consulting support. Our initial project focused on organizational effectiveness, working to better align Acumen’s global operating model to meet next-stage growth objectives. The resulting change program helped clarify and improve some of Acumen’s most critical processes and structures, including a new partnership model for its Portfolio Leadership Team, a more transparent investment process and post-investment governance, a more integrated platform for cross-country best practice sharing, and improved processes for annual goal-setting and overall talent management.

Building upon the success of our initial effort, we have continued to collaborate on other strategic topics and IP development. We also continue to work with Acumen to shape high-impact opportunities for Bainies, including externships with GADCO, an agri-food company focusing on African consumer markets and one of Acumen’s very exciting investees in Ghana.