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Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
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$50K – $500K
Mercy Corps Ventures provides capital and support to early-stage startups in emerging markets building climate resilience solutions. It focuses on areas including adaptive agriculture and food systems, inclusive climate fintech, and other climate-smart technologies, with Fund I targeting pre-seed and seed-stage companies and the Resilient Future Fund backing early-stage, tech-enabled startups. Typical investment sizes range from $50K to $500K. Beyond investment, founders may also access partnerships, acceleration support, and Venture Lab co-design, funding, and testing to de-risk solutions and build evidence for scale.
Capital
Mercy Corps Ventures backs founders with capital to scale their solutions.
Support
Recipients receive support and partnerships needed to grow and scale impact.
Acceleration
Mercy Corps Ventures identifies, invests in, and accelerates the growth of innovative solutions.
Pathways to scale
Founders receive pathways needed to scale catalytic solutions in emerging markets.
Co-design, funding, and testing
Through Venture Lab, Mercy Corps Ventures co-designs, funds, and tests promising technologies to de-risk solutions and build evidence for scale.
Mercy Corps humanitarian organization venture arm. Invests in startups serving vulnerable populations. $10M+ deployed in 40+ companies. Unique frontier market access through Mercy Corps field operations (40+ countries). Climate resilience and refugee inclusion focus.
Mercy Corps field network (40+ countries), humanitarian sector expertise, impact measurement, frontier market access
Small tickets. Impact mandate strict. Humanitarian sector focus.
Applicants should show a clear fit with climate adaptation and resilience, especially in agriculture, food systems, fintech, or related technologies. Emphasize a strong understanding of the communities served and explain how the solution can scale in emerging markets. If you are pre-seed, seed, or early-stage, be specific about traction and what de-risking, testing, or partnerships you need next.
2015
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
40+ companies across Africa and emerging markets