Potencia Ventures

About Potencia Ventures

Potencia Ventures is an impact investment group focused on business models that improve the lives of lower income people. In 2002, Kelly Michel founded Potencia Ventures to support initiatives that promote and build strong entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging markets. In 2009, Potencia Ventures launched an impact investment portfolio focused on education and employability sectors. ​Potencia Ventures works with Occam Advisors, an investment advisory firm, to identify, execute, and manage investments in funds and individual businesses. Over the past ten years, Potencia Ventures has invested in over 20 funds around the world. Potencia focuses on fund managers that invest in early stage companies that serve lower income populations, with a preference for managers that include education or employability in their investment thesis.
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  • Kelly Michel, CEO