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Climate Venture Lab: Pilot testing cutting-edge technology for climate resilience in emerging markets

Explore our ‘Climate Venture Lab,’ which is dedicated to catalyzing cutting-edge solutions for climate resilience in emerging markets. We also introduce their first call for proposals, which focuses on Climate Tech. Alongside our equity investment vehicle, where we’ve invested in 44 early-stage companies driving solutions in adaptive agriculture and food…

Climate

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Climate Venture Lab: Pilot testing cutting-edge technology for climate resilience in emerging…
Climate Venture Lab: Pilot testing cutting-edge technology for climate resilience in emerging…
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Cutting-edge technologies for climate resilience: Launching the Climate Tech Facility

On 22 September 2023, Mercy Corps Ventures Climate Lab launched its Climate Tech Facility to source pilot partners innovating in climate. PLEASE NOTE: The application deadline for the Climate Tech Facility is 15 November, 2023. APPLICATION FORM HERE The objective of the Climate Tech Facility is to deploy innovative technologies…

Climate

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Cutting-edge technologies for climate resilience: Launching the Climate Tech Facility
Cutting-edge technologies for climate resilience: Launching the Climate Tech Facility
Climate

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Real World Use Cases for Web3 in Emerging Markets: Launching the Crypto For Good Fund II

On 14 February 2023, Mercy Corps Ventures launched their second round of the Crypto for Good Fund. PLEASE NOTE: The application deadline was 31 March, 2023. The application period is now closed. Stay tuned for updates. The objective of the Fund is to drive global financial inclusion and climate resilience through a series of pilots, building an evidence base to prove the scalability of blockchain-enabled solutions in making a…

Crypto

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Real world use cases for Web3 in emerging markets: 
Launching the Crypto For Good Fund II
Real world use cases for Web3 in emerging markets: 
Launching the Crypto For Good Fund II
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What is Web3 and how is it building a new paradigm for climate resilience?

This panel was part of the Skoll World Forum’s 2022 Ecosystem Day and was wholly curated and hosted by Mercy Corps Ventures. To us, climate resilience means focusing on individuals and communities who are already impacted by climate change and ensuring that the least powerful stakeholders — those who are…

Climate

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What is Web3 and how is it building a new paradigm for climate resilience?
What is Web3 and how is it building a new paradigm for climate resilience?
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Pilot Launch | Driving Adoption of Regenerative Agriculture with Web3-enabled Reward Tokens

Mercy Corps Ventures and Farm Star, a subsidiary of Sanergy, launch a new pilot to test the use of Web3-enabled interoperable rewards to drive adoption of regenerative agriculture practices among smallholder farmers in Kenya. This post is the first of a two-part series; the second blog will share key insights…

Web3

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Pilot Launch | Driving Adoption of Regenerative Agriculture with Web3-enabled Reward Tokens
Pilot Launch | Driving Adoption of Regenerative Agriculture with Web3-enabled Reward Tokens
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Pilot Launch | Anticipatory Cash Transfers for Climate Shocks in the Horn of Africa

Mercy Corps Ventures, together with Fortune Credit, Shamba Network, and DIVA Technologies launch a new pilot to test the use of blockchain and smart contracts to deliver anticipatory cash transfers ahead of climate shocks to pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa. This post is the first of a two-part…

Climate Resilience

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Pilot Launch | Anticipatory Cash Transfers for Climate Shocks in the Horn of Africa
Pilot Launch | Anticipatory Cash Transfers for Climate Shocks in the Horn of Africa
Climate Resilience

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·Aug 8

Why We Still Believe in Web3 | Real-World Use Cases for Emerging Markets

As seed and early-stage investors, it’s a core part of our job to assess the most cutting-edge solutions, and Web3 is an emerging tech layer that cross-cuts our thesis areas of adaptive agriculture and food systems, inclusive fintech, and climate-smart technologies. A series of negative events over the last 12…

Web3

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Why We Still Believe in Web3 | Real-World Use Cases for Emerging Markets
Why We Still Believe in Web3 | Real-World Use Cases for Emerging Markets
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·Jul 17

Driving Down Remittance Costs to Enable Global Access for Local Producers in Africa

African economies suffer from massive local currency devaluations, losing support to the US dollar. The continent is the most expensive global region to send funds to, with the average fee in sub-Saharan Africa being 8.46% — far higher than the 3% target of Sustainable Development Goal 10. Africa’s central banks…

Remittances

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Driving Down Remittance Costs to Enable Global Access for Local Producers in Africa
Driving Down Remittance Costs to Enable Global Access for Local Producers in Africa
Remittances

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·Jul 12

Closing the Connectivity Gap for Low-Income Urban Populations in Latin America

In 2016, the UNGA declared internet access a basic human right. Internet access is integral to thriving and inclusive economies. A 10% increase in broadband penetration generates a 3.19% increase in GDP and 2.6% increase in productivity (IDB, World Bank, Broadband Commission). …

Connectivity

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Closing the Connectivity Gap for Low-Income Urban Populations in Latin America
Closing the Connectivity Gap for Low-Income Urban Populations in Latin America
Connectivity

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Venture Platform Support: Leveraging Impact Management Tools For Climate Resilience With Verqor

Verqor is a Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV) portfolio company on a mission to digitize the agriculture sector in Latin America with smallholder farmers at their core. We worked together on an Impact Measurement & Management (IMM) engagement through our Venture Platform. Written by Isabel Rodríguez García, Head of Sustainability at…

Agtech

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Venture Platform Support: Leveraging Impact Management Tools For Climate Resilience With Verqor
Venture Platform Support: Leveraging Impact Management Tools For Climate Resilience With Verqor
Agtech

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