We put mobile, voice-based customer data collection at your fingertips, so you can understand social impact from the ground up.

1. 960+ researchers conduct local-language voice surveys in 74 countries
2. Tested social impact survey tools, aligned to industry standards
3. Integrated technology platform linked to our impact database

Got an impact framework? Starting from scratch? We’ll chart the fastest route to getting you comparable, cross-portfolio data on the social performance of your investments.

And along the way we can

• weak or build your impact framework and help you select the most relevant metrics.
• Assess and build the data capabilities of the organizations you fund.
• Jump-start data collection across your portfolio by executing Lean Data projects with your investees.
• Build repeatable, cross-portfolio data collection so that you can assess performance year-in, year-out.

History

Lean Data, our approach to social impact measurement, was created in 2014 by Acumen, a not for profit patient capital investor. Acumen sought to build a way to measure impact that both met its needs as an investor and created significant value for its investees.

After lots of experimentation, much of it focused on finding the best ways to measure impact using mobile phones, by 2015, Acumen had cross-portfolio, comparable impact data that went beyond basic measures such as “lives impacted.” As important, Acumen’s investees found that Lean Data helped them understand and better serve their customers.

In early 2019, recognizing the potential to make a positive contribution to the wider sector by scaling this new approach to measuring impact, Acumen spun out Lean Data to create a new company, 60 Decibels, founded by the team that built Lean Data at Acumen.