Mercy Corps Ventures is a family of funds backing visionary early-stage founders building catalytic solutions…
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Structure of deployed capital
Offers advisory, capacity building, or strategic post-investment support
Company maturity & growth phase
Companies, Lenders and MFIs (intermediary finance)
Combines direct financial capital with technical assistance and governance support.
Active mandate covering Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Operates across 18 African countries including Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and 13 more. Primary operational footprint anchored in Kenya.
Combines AI and satellite data to provide precise farmland analytics, helping organizations evaluate climate risks and improve smallholder agricultural outcomes.
Precision aquaculture marketplace providing fish farmers with quality feeds, mobile commerce, and IoT sensors.
Education technology company delivering interactive mobile learning content for farmers and entrepreneurs.
Cryptocurrency platform for buying, selling and exchanging digital assets.
Agritech company aggregating smallholder land into professionally managed irrigated farms that generate income for landowners.
CoAmana is an agritech / marketplace-platform / SaaS solution that helps digitize and strengthen agricultural markets (also called “market hubs”).
Mobile investment and savings app letting users invest small amounts in digital assets and savings products.
Operates a B2B platform connecting smallholder farmers to businesses to rescue surplus and imperfect produce, reducing regional food loss.
Provides AI weather forecasts and climate intelligence for tropical regions, helping farmers and businesses manage climate risk.
Runs a battery swapping network powering electric motorbikes and small businesses.
Builds tailored liquidity and float financing products for mobile money agents and merchants with balance-sheet partners.
AI-enabled food and FMCG distributor supplying informal food vendors and retail outlets.
Delivery marketplace connecting individuals and businesses with carriers for parcel and freight shipments.
Agtech enterprise powering smallholder farmers with hyperlocal soil analytics, agronomy support, and market linkage tools.
A wealth-tech platform providing regulated, digital access to local and global investment markets for individual and institutional African investors.
Affordable crop insurance provider helping smallholder farmers manage weather-related climate risks using mobile index technology.
Digital financial wellness platform providing workplace banking for earned wage access, savings, and insurance.
Utilizes artificial intelligence and smart-grid IoT sensors to reduce energy costs and guarantee resilient power.
Clean energy financing platform providing loans for solar systems and renewable energy projects.
Kenyan smallholder platform offering irrigation-as-a-service, inputs, training and market access, selling fresh produce through local channels to mama mboga retailers.
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