About
Eugene Gikonyo is an Investment Principal at Mercy Corps Ventures, working in impact investing and venture capital. He previously served as an Investment Associate at Global Innovation Fund and as an Investment Analyst at Global Partnerships' Social Venture Fund, where his responsibilities included portfolio monitoring, pipeline development, and due diligence analysis. He began his career in investment banking, spending three years at an investment bank in Kenya focused on corporate finance advisory and equity research.
Experience
- Mercy Corps VenturesInvestment Principalcurrent2025 — presentNairobi County, Kenya
- FrontEnd VenturesNon-Executive Board Membercurrent2022 — presentNairobi County, Kenya
- Global Innovation FundInvestment Associate2022 — 2025Nairobi, Kenya
- Global Innovation FundInvestment Associate2021 — 2022Nairobi, Kenya
- Global PartnershipsInvestment Analyst - Social Venture Fund2020 — 2021Nairobi, Kenya
- Kestrel Capital (E.A.) LimitedAnalyst - Research & Corporate Finance Advisory2017 — 2020Kenya
Education
- Bayes Business SchoolMaster of Science (MSc), Mathematical Trading and Finance2015 — 2016
- Graduate School of Business - University of Cape TownExecutive Education, Impact Investing in Africa2021
- The University of SheffieldBSc (Hons), Economics with Finance2012 — 2015
Skills & more
Leadership2Economics20Equity Research4Investment Banking4Finance11Data Analysis5Mathematics2Financial Modeling2Corporate Finance1Macroeconomics1Derivatives1Financial Markets1
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ValuationTime ManagementMathematical StatisticsOxMetricsEconomic StatisticsPitch BooksCompany ValuationCapital RaisingFinancial Statement AnalysisMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointMicrosoft WordLanguages English · Swahili
- Certificate of completion: Claude 101 — Anthropic
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi): The Future of Finance Specialization — Coursera
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Opportunities and Risks — Coursera
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Deep Dive — Coursera
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Primitives — Coursera
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure — Coursera
- Venture Deals — NovoEd
- International Introduction to Securities and Investment - Kenya — invalid15098714
- Introduction to R — DataCamp
From Eugene's professional profile.
Colleagues at Mercy Corps Ventures
Alpen Sheth
Investment Partner at Borderless Venture
Armelle Patoki
Finance Manager at Mercy Corps Ventures
Ayah Abulghanam
Program Officer at Mercy Corps Ventures
Dave Kim
Advisor at Mercy Corps Ventures
Ellen Maginnis
Advisor at Mercy Corps Ventures
Gabby Culver
Partnerships & Business Development at Mercy Corps Ventures
Kim Raath
Advisor at Mercy Corps Ventures
Lillian Alexander
Director of Impact at Mercy Corps Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Eugene Gikonyo work?
- Eugene Gikonyo is Investment Principal at Mercy Corps Ventures.
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Also attended Graduate School of Business - University of Cape Town14
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Also attended The University of Sheffield73
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