What do the pandemic and economic crisis mean for social enterprise and impact investing? Village Capital CEO Allie Burns spoke with Anne Field from Forbes about how startups are mobilizing, the challenges they're facing, and how Village Capital is adapting to support them in uncertain times:

Allie Burns, Village Capital CEO, and Shruti Chandrasekhar, head of Startup Catalyst and SME Ventures at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), break down new research on accelerators' role in the gender financing gap in a Fast Company op-ed:

Village Capital announced that Xendoo and Worthy Financial were peer-selected for funding during Finance Forward US 2019, an accelerator program that is a part of Finance Forward. A multi-year global coalition led by founding partners MetLife Foundation and PayPal, Finance Forward is supporting entrepreneurs on four continents who are building tech-enabled solutions to challenges around financial health.

Last year our fund, VilCap Investments, made its 110th and final initial seed investment, and shifted its focus to supporting our existing portfolio. ImpactAlpha covered the announcement of our new family of funds strategy.

Disrupt Africa reported in September nine startups from across the continent had been selected for the Agriculture Africa 2019 accelerator cohort. This month, Disrupt Africa covered the peer-selected startups: 

Village Capital and QBE's recent report, Impact InsurTech: How InsurTech is Transforming the Insurance Industry, was featured in several media outlets over the past month, including Insurance Business Magazine and Crowd Fund Insider.

The report explores how technology is democratizing the insurance industry, and reducing barriers to access for historically underserved customers. Insurance Business Magazine wrote:

Village Capital's South Asia team was profiled in The Deccan Herald. Deepak Menon spoke about Village Capital's focus on fintech in the EMEAA region, and how the Indian startup ecosystem is seeing a shift toward impact investing:

Village Capital and CIIE.CO, with support from Omidyar Network India, co-authored a report, Catalyzing Civic Tech In India. The report aims to help catalyze the civic tech sector in India by defining civic tech, identifying emerging subsectors, and sharing promising revenue models.

Village Capital and QBE partnered this week on a new report, Impact InsurTech: How InsurTech is Transforming the Insurance Industry. The report explores how technology is democratizing the insurance industry, and reducing barriers to access for historically underserved customers.

Insurance Business Magazine wrote about the report's findings:

“Off the Sidelines” is a new podcast series about startup investing, produced by Technical.ly and Project Entrepreneur, a program by UBS focused on lifting up female entrepreneurs.

The first guest of the series was Victoria Fram, Managing Director of VilCap Investments and co-founder of Village Capital. Listen to the podcast below: