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Potencia Ventures is an impact investment fund 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 based in Portland, Oregon, to identify, execute, and manage investments in funds and individual businesses.
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Kelly Michel
CEO Kelly Michel is the Founder and CEO of Potencia Ventures, formerly known as Artemisia International. Kelly has been supporting and investing in early stage businesses with impact for over 15 years in Europe, Africa, the United States, and Latin America. In the mid-2000s, she founded and co-developed Artemisia, a Brazilian support organization for impact business, and in 2009 she co-founded Vox Capital, a Brazilian venture capital firm that invests in companies with a double bottom line.
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Patrick Maloney
Investment Advisor Patrick is the founder of Occam Advisors, a firm that helps investors and entrepreneurs build companies and funds that combine impact and financial return. Patrick has spent his career working at the intersection of capital and impact across sectors and asset classes. He has worked with a number of mission-driven organizations including The Lemelson Foundation, Omidyar Network, and Google.org.
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Yesenia Gallardo Avila
Investment Advisor As a Principal at Occam Advisors, Yesenia works with clients to identify, build and support relationships with socially-minded startups in strategic regions around the world.
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