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December 16, 2019

# Village Capital's South Asia team profiled in the Deccan Herald

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Village Capital's South Asia team was profiled in **[The Deccan Herald](https://www.deccanherald.com/business/economy-business/startup-story-not-impacted-by-slowdown-785810.html)**. 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:

*Deepak Menon, Chief Program Officer, EMEAA at Village Capital... is looking at startups to build scalable solutions that help people and small businesses become financially healthier and stable.

According to Deepak, the Indian startup ecosystem remains robust... “There are many accelerators, a lot of money remains in the system and the startup ecosystem has not seen any impact of the slowdown at the moment."*

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