Our Team
Our Team
Meet the Mercy Corps Ventures team: founders, operators, and experienced emerging markets investors who know firsthand what it takes to build in complex environments. We’re the team we once wished was in our corner — ready to support bold ventures every step of the way.
We don’t just deploy capital — we roll up our sleeves. Our team brings decades of experience across fintech, agtech, natural capital, Web3, impact evaluation, and emerging market investing. We’re a global team embedded in the ecosystems we work with. Our local presence gives us deep context and trusted networks — allowing us to support entrepreneurs with speed, insight, and conviction.
We are seasoned founders, operators, and investors
Locally embedded, globally distributed
ARMELLE PATOKI
Finance Manager | Senegal
SCOTT ONDER
Chief Investment Officer | US
TIMOTHY RANN
Managing Partner | Ecuador
DAN BLOCK
Partner | US
TOFFENE KAMA
Investment Principal | Senegal
SANDRA UWANTEGE HART
Humanitarian Venture Lab Lead | Portugal
KEN KOU
Head of Venture Lab | Sweden
TIMO ASIIMWE
Crypto Venture Lab Lead | Uganda
LILLIAN ALEXANDER
Director of Impact | US
NATALIE VERGARA
Head of Platform | Colombia
DOREEN KUBU
Investment Analyst | Kenya
ASTRID INSIGNARES
Marketing Coordinator | Colombia
MARIA PAULA GOMEZ
Climate Venture Lab Lead | Mexico
NATALIA MONDRAGÓN SEGURA
Investment Associate | Mexico
EUGENE GIKONYO
Investment Principal | Kenya
AYAH ABULGHANAM
Program Officer | Jordan
GABBY CULVER
Partnerships & Business Development | US
ROFEM EGBE
Investment Associate | Nigeria
Our Advisors
Our Advisory Council brings deep expertise across fields
We leverage a trusted bench of seasoned advisors with proven technical and market expertise to source deals, guide investment decisions and unlock founder success.
VALERIE DUJARDIN
International Climate Finance Accelerator coach, impact investment strategy advisor
SIEKA GATABAKI
Operator and investor in MNOs, financial institutions, and agtech in Africa
ALPEN SHETH, PHD
Investor in digital financial inclusion at Borderless Capital, Web3 expert
KIM RAATH, PHD
Serial Founder and technologist, across Web3 and carbon markets
DAVE KIM
Financial inclusion and innovation expert, ex-Gates Foundation, current IDEO CoLab Head of Platform
OLUTOSIN ONI
Former seed to series B VC, current CEO of growth stage Nigerian logistics startup Gokada
ELLEN MAGINNIS
Impact Measurement & Management expert, ex-GIIN
PETER RABLEY
Serial Founder, Expert in geospatial technology, Managing Partner at Place
REHANA NATHOO
Impact Venture-Investing strategy expert and advisor