Award-winning investees: Acumen Fund entrepreneurs continue to be recognized for their work. The founders of D.Light Design were among Social Venture Network’s 2009 Innovation Award winners. And the entrepreneurs behind Books of Hope were recently named as Purpose Prize Fellows. Congratulations!

Investee interview: Listen to Sam Goldman of D. Light in his recent podcast for the Social Innovation Conversations series.

MBAs and social enterprise: This article in the Financial Times discusses how business school coursework is responding to the rise of social enterprise. Acumen Fund investee LifeSpring is mentioned and our own Yasmina Zaidman is quoted.

Patient capital around the world: The concept of patient capital is gaining traction globally, as in this coverage in Gulf News of CEO Jacqueline Novogratz’s recent visit to Dubai and this LiveMint article from India.