Psalms Foundation Ventures

Vega, a company we invested in, is disrupting the coffee value chain by paying small farmers a guaranteed premium price for their beans and hiring them to participate in roasting, packaging, and administration.

Entrepreneurs around the world are deploying disruptive business models and transformative technologies to solve the biggest challenges of our time. These startups have the potential to reach 3.3 billion climate-vulnerable people, 1.4 billion unbanked people, and 162 million small businesses with innovative climate-focused and digital finance products that could drive their resilience. However, entrepreneurs are often undercapitalized and don’t have access to the resources they need for their ventures to survive and scale.

Psalms Foundation Ventures invests in and catalyzes venture-led solutions to increase the resilience of underserved individuals and communities. Founded in 2015 as the impact investing arm of global development agency, Psalms Foundation, we’ve supported 54 early-stage ventures to scale and raise over $515 million in follow-on capital. 44% of our portfolio has at least 1 female co-founder and centers around climate adaptation and resilience-building solutions in adaptive agriculture and food systems, inclusive fintech, and climate-smart technologies, so that those living in frontier markets can withstand disruption and plan for the future. Through capital and support, piloting new approaches, action-oriented insights, and rigorously managing impact, we catalyze the ecosystem toward smarter, more impactful investments.

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Resilient Future Thesis

Globally, we’re undergoing dramatic advancements in tech and increasingly severe disruption. At this inflection point, we see the opportunity to scale companies creating a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient world. We invest in adaptive agriculture and food systems, frontier fintech, and climate-smart systems.

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Outside of Psalms Foundation Ventures, we support entrepreneurs within Psalms Foundation to develop and grow social enterprise-inspired models for impact.

Gaza Sky Geeks

Restricted to an area no larger than Manhattan, young people in the Gaza Strip are in urgent need of opportunities to channel their ambition and creativity. Established in 2011, Gaza Sky Geeks offers a dynamic co-working space, a coding academy, and software development services — all aimed at fostering innovation and empowering entrepreneurship.

Expanding impact

A true measure of our impact is the ability to scale an idea, solution, or program until it becomes self-sustaining. After being incubated, tested, and refined within Mercy Corps, these initiatives are now operating independently—delivering meaningful change and unlocking new opportunities for communities.

Community Investment Trust

CIT brings opportunities for low-income and economically marginalized residents across the U.S. to invest in local commercial real estate, close the wealth gap, and build financial security and stronger communities.

Micromentor

MicroMentor has built the world’s largest community of entrepreneurs and business mentors, fostering powerful connections, problem-solving, and business success through its free global mentorship platform and mobile app.

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