Acumen Fund Wine Bar & Speaker Event - San Francisco, Thurs March 25

After attending the Acumen Fund San Francisco Chapter's "The Blue Sweater" book event, I was invited to help the San Francisco Chapter leadership plan this event. I know it's last minute, but hope you can make it!

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. It seeks to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with large doses of business acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve vast numbers of the poor. Its investments focus on delivering affordable, critical goods and services – like health, water, housing and energy – through innovative, market-oriented approaches.

We're having a tasting tomorrow (Thursday, March 25) with a special flight of three types of wine at SNOB wine bar in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California.

Misbah Naqvi, who is on Acumen's business development team and started with the fund in Pakistan managing portfolio investments, will speak about Acumen's funded companies in the region including drip irrigation, housing and hydroelectric development projects.

Tarim Wasim, a Hellman and Friedman director who founded the Association for the Development of Pakistan, will also talk about his approach in finding, partnering and funding sustainable non-profits in Pakistan. ADP is a non-profit taking a venture philanthropy approach to supporting social enterprises in Pakistan that build schools and hospitals or supply medical equipment and vaccinations.

The wine tasting costs $15 if you pre-register here ($5 of which goes to Acumen Fund as a tax-deductible donation). At the door, it will be $18.

The event begins at 6:30pm but we won't have our speakers start until 7:15 pm.