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:

Village Capital's Future of Work Lead, Marissa Lowman, was featured on The EdTech Podcast's new "Voctech Podcast", which features conversations about vocational technology. Lowman spoke about Village Capital's Future of Work practice, which is supporting entrepreneurs working to harness technology to improve job quality, empower workers through education and job training, improve employee earning potential and create new pathways to the middle class.

Since 2012, Village Capital’s team based in Mexico City has run the most active fintech accelerator in Latin America. FinTech Global highlighted the region's budding fintech scene, where many startups are seizing the opportunity to scale across borders. Latin America Programs and Partnerships Manager Daniel Cossío is quoted:

Forbes' Michal Gromek wrote about five fintech startups that will be attending Village Capital's FinTech for Refugee Summit in Berlin in November.

Forbes' Devin Thorpe wrote about a recent report that revealed that funding for female founders is on pace to fall below 2018 levels. Village Capital CEO Allie Burns was quoted:

The Arizona Daily Star wrote about Village Capital CEO Allie Burns' keynote remarks speech at the TenWest Impact Festival in Tucson, Arizona:

Disrupt Africa announced our newest cohort of startups participating in our Agriculture Africa 2019 accelerator program. Africa Regional Manager Adedana Ashebir is quoted:

Vox's Recode wrote about a Village Capital study, Flipping the Power Dynamics, that found that our peer-selected investment process may mitigate bias against female founders. Teddy Schleifer wrote: