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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
Skills & more
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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
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Eugene Gikonyo?
- 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.
- Where does Eugene Gikonyo work?
- Eugene Gikonyo is Investment Principal at Mercy Corps Ventures.
- Where did Eugene Gikonyo go to school?
- Eugene Gikonyo studied at Bayes Business School (Master of Science (MSc), Mathematical Trading and Finance); Graduate School of Business - University of Cape Town (Executive Education, Impact Investing in Africa); The University of Sheffield (BSc (Hons), Economics with Finance).
Same school
Also attended Bayes Business School78
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Also attended Graduate School of Business - University of Cape Town30
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Also attended The University of Sheffield153
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Shared employers
Also worked at FrontEnd Ventures2
Also worked at Global Innovation Fund4
Also worked at Global Partnerships22
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