San Francisco
Investment thesis
MCE Social Capital seeks to unlock capital that empowers families living in poverty to build better futures, envisioning a world where people everywhere can improve their lives through access to knowledge, resources, and capital. For over 15 years it has pioneered the use of philanthropic loan guarantees to mobilize capital and make high-impact investments in enterprises across some of the world's most underserved regions and emerging markets. Its model is powered by a community of impact investors, foundations, financial institutions, and philanthropists who back entrepreneurs building sustainable livelihoods for themselves and their communities.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 19 of 33 portfolio companiesFintech ×14Impact & Social Good ×14AgTech ×7Climate Tech ×2FoodTech ×2Consumer ×1
HQs:Guatemala×3Peru×3Zambia×2Albania×1Bangladesh×1Costa Rica×1
Investments · 33 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathA savings and credit cooperative (Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito) offering credit, savings products, and financial services aimed at families, young people, and long-term financial goals.
Fintech
ADICLA is a Guatemalan lending organization that provides loans to its members, including agricultural credit for farmers to fund planting and purchase inputs.
AgTechFintechImpact & Social Good
ADIGUA is a nonprofit microfinance organization providing financial services and loans to micro and small business owners, agricultural producers, and salaried workers, including individual credits for crafts, housing, services, industry, agriculture, and commerce, plus group loans to women through solidarity groups.
FintechImpact & Social GoodSololá, GT
ADISA is a Guatemalan association that provides financial and non-financial services to promote rural development in San Antonio Ilotenango and other communities in the western part of the country.
FintechImpact & Social Good
Agora Microfinance Zambia (AMZ) is a microfinance institution providing financial products to low-income, rural households, small farmers, and rural entrepreneurs in Zambia.
FintechImpact & Social GoodLusaka, ZM
Susan Chibanga(CEO)
Co-investorsGlobal Partnerships
Agri Evolve is a profit-for-purpose business that works with over 15,000 smallholder farmers in Uganda's Rwenzori region to improve coffee yields and quality, and exports green speciality arabica coffee to roasters and coffee companies worldwide.
AgTechFoodTechImpact & Social Good
A microfinance provider that offers credit and financial services to underserved social groups in Albania, including women, farmers, young people, and entrepreneurs who face economic hardship or lack access to financial services.
FintechImpact & Social Good
Arariwa is a Peruvian organization that works with rural communities to promote sustainable development through environmental management, sustainable local economic development, strengthening of local and regional institutions, and inclusive community social development.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsGlobal Partnerships
Arnur Credit is a microfinance organization providing microloans of up to 70,000,000 tenge to individuals and entrepreneurs, with a focus on agricultural businesses and small business development.
AgTechFintechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsGlobal Partnerships
Asian Credit Fund (АКФ) is a microfinance organization in Kazakhstan that provides microcredits to borrowers, with a focus on supporting rural youth through philanthropic programs.
FintechImpact & Social Good
Avanza Sólido S.A. de C.V. is a SOFOM ENR, a Mexican non-bank financial institution offering financial products regulated under Mexico's Buró de Entidades Financieras.
Fintech
Co-investorsCapria VenturesCeniarthGlobal Partnerships
BRAC is a Global South-led development organisation founded in 1972 in Bangladesh that works to reduce poverty through social development programmes, microfinance/financial inclusion, and social enterprises.
FintechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsGlobal Partnerships
COMACO (Community Markets for Conservation) is a social enterprise in Zambia that trains small-scale farmers and former poachers in agroecological, climate-smart farming and buys their surplus crops to manufacture chemical-free food products under the It's Wild! brand.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodLusaka, ZM
Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera Laguna de los Cóndores is a Peruvian coffee-farming cooperative representing around 800 producer families, selling specialty roasted and ground coffee under the Chillaos Coffee and Café Familia brands.
AgTechConsumerFoodTechChachapoyas, PE
Co-investorsCeniarthGlobal Partnerships
EDESA is a microfinance company that provides microcredit for small businesses in services, commerce, agriculture, and livestock, serving rural communities through a network of credit companies.
FintechImpact & Social Good
EFTA (Equity for Tanzania) is an equipment leasing company regulated by the Bank of Tanzania that provides collateral-free loans for agricultural, vehicle, medical, mining, construction, tourism, and consumer equipment, with the leased asset itself serving as security.
AgTechFintechImpact & Social Good
Nicomed Bohay(Managing Director)
Co-investorsMbuyu Capital Partners
Ehtirom Plus offers microloans of up to 100,000,000 sum with repayment terms from 6 to 36 months, aimed at individuals needing small amounts to cover financial difficulties or fund ideas.
Fintech
Elet-Capital (MFK "Элет-Капитал") is a microfinance company in Kyrgyzstan offering consumer loans and deposits, with options for collateral-free credit for repeat clients with good credit history.
Fintech
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has MCE Social Capital made?
- MCE Social Capital has 33 tracked investments.
- What sectors does MCE Social Capital focus on?
- MCE Social Capital focuses on AgTech, Energy, Fintech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is MCE Social Capital located?
- MCE Social Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does MCE Social Capital co-invest with?
- MCE Social Capital most often shares deals with Global Partnerships, Ceniarth, Capria Ventures, among 5 tracked co-investors.
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