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Public data, unclaimed profileImpact investing arm of Mercy Corps: pre-seed and seed investments in start-ups building resilience for underserved populations in Sub-Saharan Africa (inclusive fintech, agriculture, energy, climate adaptation).
Investment thesis
- Investment ticket
- 100 k$ – 1 M$
- Instruments
- Equity
- Preferred sectors
- Fintech, Agribusiness, Energy, Financial services
- Target geographies
- West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa
- Stages (based on reference deals)
- Pre-Seed
Reference deals
Recent public deals: they say better than a thesis what the fund actually signs.
PowerLabs
April 2026 · NigeriaPre-SeedUndisclosed amountEnergyCo-Invest
Co-investor alongside Breega
Activity : Climate tech — orchestration énergétique par IA
PowerLabs builds Pai Enterprise, an AI-enabled energy orchestration platform that coordinates in real time the distributed energy sources (grid, generators, solar, batteries) of businesses across Nigeria and West Africa.
Why they invested
- Intelligent orchestration is essential to solving Africa's energy reliability challenge (Tosin Faniro-Dada, Breega)
- Commercial and industrial customers with an immediate energy-cost problem
Team
- Tobechukwu (Tobe) Arize — CEO, Co-Founder
- David Adebiyi — CTO, Co-Founder
Co-investors Catalyst Fund, Kaleo Ventures
Source : launchbaseafrica.com
In short
Mercy Corps Ventures invests tickets ranging from 100 k$ to 1 M$, across the following sectors: Fintech, Agribusiness, Energy, and Financial services, in the following areas: West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and Central Africa. Check in 30 seconds whether your company fits these criteria.
