# Hetal Patel

> Hetal Patel is a pre-seed investor at Mercy Corps Ventures (London) backing FinTech and Internet. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mercy Corps Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercy-corps-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jazzhsp/

Hetal Patel is a pre-seed investor at Mercy Corps Ventures in London focused on FinTech and Internet. Hetal Patel is the Director of Investments at Mercy Corps Ventures. He studied Philosophy at Rutgers University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |
| Payments | 1 | 17% |
| Insurance | 1 | 17% |
| Digital Marketing | 1 | 17% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Kenya | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scale | Scale accelerates market entry and revenue for fintechs with a people-first approach. | $700K | Pre-Seed | Oct 03, 2024 |  |
| Tappi | Tappi is a full-stack SaaS business built for small businesses in Africa to help them find businesses online. We help SMBs get discovered, find customers, and build their reputation using messaging, payments, and AI. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 06, 2023 |  |
| Turaco | Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums. | $2M | Seed | Nov 10, 2020 |  |
| Turaco | Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums. | $2M | Seed | Nov 10, 2020 |  |
| Turaco | Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums. | $3.4M | Series A | Nov 10, 2020 |  |
| Turaco | Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums. | $1.2M | Seed | Dec 11, 2019 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GAN Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gan-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Musha Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/musha-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AfricInvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afric-invest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Novastar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/novastar-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Zephyr Acorn](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zephyr-acorn) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mercy Corps Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercy-corps) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Mercy Corps Ventures

VC Fund · Portland, United States

Mercy Corps Ventures invests in and catalyzes venture-led solutions to increase the resilience of underserved individuals and communities. Founded in 2015 as the impact investing arm of global development agency, Mercy Corps, supports over 57 early-stage ventures to scale and raise over $515 million in follow-on capital. Their portfolio centersaround resilience-building solutions in adaptive agriculture and food systems, inclusive climate fintech, and climate-smart technologies so that those living in frontier markets can withstand disruption and plan for the future. Through capital and support, piloting new approaches, action-oriented insights, and rigorously managing impact, they catalyze the ecosystem toward smarter, more impactful investments.

5 contacts available at Mercy Corps Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hetal Patel | Director, Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hetal-patel-6a05 |
| Bethany Kanten | Director of Strategy and Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bethany-kanten |
| Daniel Block | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-block-34b1 |
| Kenneth Kou | Fintech + Innovation Lead and Head of Venture Lab | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenneth-kou |
| Natalie Vergara Giron | Head of Platform | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/natalie-vergara-giron |

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## FAQ

### What does Hetal Patel invest in?

Hetal Patel invests primarily in FinTech, Internet and Payments startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hetal Patel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hetal Patel closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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