MONICA BRAND ENGEL

Monica Brand Engel is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Quona Capital, a venture firm focused on fintech for inclusion in emerging markets. She has a background in entrepreneurship, investing, and financial inclusion, having launched various funds and products aimed at broadening financial access. Before co-founding Quona Capital, Brand Engel worked at Calvert Ventures and Anthuri Ventures, early-stage equity vehicles based in Bethesda and Cape Town, respectively. She also founded Anthuri Catalysts to prepare early-stage companies for investment and worked at Accion, where she set up a product innovation group and worked in Mexico with Compartamos Bank, the largest microfinance institution in Latin America. Brand Engel holds an MBA and MA Ed from Stanford University and a BA in economics from Williams College. She serves on the boards of Yoco, AllLife, Azimo, and Zoona, and chairs the Investor Representative Committee of LeapFrog Investments, the world's first microinsurance fund