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Pilot Launch | Can an AI Agronomist Help Colombia’s Coffee Farmers Beat the Weather?
Climate variability puts Colombia’s coffee harvest at risk. Through a new pilot with Harvis, Prosper Global Ventures is testing whether AI-powered, hyper-local weather alerts can help farmers act earlier and protect coffee quality.
Pilot Insights | Can AI help improve reforestation? Lessons from Nicaragua
Can AI help forest restoration teams identify where support is needed most? In Nicaragua, Prosper Global Ventures and Taking Root tested how parcel-level insights could help technicians prioritize field visits, revealing the potential of AI to strengthen forest management and the challenges of turning early signals into lasting impact.
Pilot Launch | Making Risk Visible: How Satellite Data and AI Could Unlock Flood Insurance for Mexico’s Small Businesses
For Mexico’s small businesses, flood risk is often invisible until it’s too late. Through a new pilot with Floodbase, we’re testing whether satellite data, AI, and accessible parametric insurance can make that risk visible and help businesses prepare and recover.
Pilot Insights | From Detection to Prediction: What It Takes to Build AI for Wildfires in Latin America
In Misiones, Argentina, Satellites on Fire tested whether AI-powered fire spread prediction could improve wildfire response, revealing what it takes to adapt proven technology to a new context.
Pilot Insights | Reducing climate vulnerability through insurance-embedded MSME loans in Kenya
Mercy Corps Ventures, in partnership with BlockBima, piloted rainfall-indexed insurance embedded into working capital loans for informal traders in Kenya, testing how automated payouts could strengthen financial resilience and improve access to climate protection.
Pilot Launch | Small Businesses Prepare for Climate Shocks to Protect their Livelihood and Trade with Anticipatory mindset using AI
Mercy Corps Ventures and Resilience AI are piloting AI-powered, building-level climate risk mapping with artisan communities in India to test whether localized climate intelligence can improve risk awareness and help small businesses prepare before climate shocks disrupt their livelihoods.
Pilot Launch | Pairing AI climate alerts with resilient liquidity for MSMEs in Kenya
Climate shocks are becoming financial shocks for millions of small businesses. Mercy Corps Ventures is supporting Atram and Fortune Credit in testing whether AI-powered climate alerts, preparedness support, and emergency liquidity can help MSMEs prepare earlier, recover faster, and build long-term resilience.
Why We Invested in ReForest Latam | Unlocking ecosystem restoration at scale through biotech innovation and precision technology
Across Latin America, degraded forests and ecosystems leave rural communities increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks, water scarcity, and soil erosion. ReForest Latam is building a technology-enabled restoration platform that combines biotech innovation, AI, and drone deployment to restore landscapes at scale. Learn Why We Invested in this climate resilience solution.
Why We Invested in Logidoo | Building the Trade Corridors That Feed and Connect West Africa
Across West Africa, fragmented logistics networks make it difficult for farmers, traders, and businesses to move goods efficiently across borders. Logidoo is building the infrastructure that connects trade corridors across the region, helping strengthen supply chains, improve market access, and support more resilient local economies. Learn why Mercy Corps Ventures invested in this logistics platform.