Jacqueline Novogratz at BIF-4
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Jacqueline Novogratz at BIF-4
Novogratz founded the Acumen Fund a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Since 2001, the fund has made over $25 million in investments in 18 businesses across Asia and Africa, proving that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with large doses of business acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve vast numbers of the poor. Their investments focus on delivering affordable, critical goods and services ? like health, water, housing and energy ? through innovative, market-oriented approaches. Prior to Acumen Fund, Novogratz founded and directed The Philanthropy Workshop and The Next Generation Leadership program at the Rockefeller Foundation. She also founded Duterimbere, a micro-finance institution in Rwanda.
Blip | November 5, 2008
