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- #### [October 17, 2018 How to boost early stage deal flow in Africa](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/10/17/in-the-news-financial-times-column-on-vilcap-communities-africa)
- #### [October 5, 2018 In the News: Business Daily covers VilCap Communities Africa](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/10/05/in-the-news-how-village-capital-supports-pan-african-tech-ecosystem)
- #### [August 22, 2018 Leaders from 15 African Tech Hubs Selected for Programme to Spur Early-Stage Deal Flow](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/08/22/leaders-from-15-african-tech-hubs-selected-for-programme-to-spur-early-stage-deal-flow)
- #### [August 7, 2018 Stony Creek Colors Featured in Patagonia Video on Sustainable Clothing](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/08/07/stony-creek-colors-featured-in-patagonia-video-on-sustainable-clothing)
- #### [July 25, 2018 Vega Coffee and Wexus Technologies Peer-Selected for Investment at Village Capital Program](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/07/25/vega-coffee-and-wexus-technologies-peer-selected-for-investment-at-village-capital-program)
- #### [July 24, 2018 Ross Baird Testimony to Congress: Restoring Economic Dynamism to Rural America](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/07/24/ross-baird-testimony-to-congress-restoring-economic-dynamism-to-rural-america)
- #### [April 16, 2018 Press Release: Twelve Early-Stage Food & Ag Startups Selected for Village Capital Investment-Readiness Program](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/04/16/press-release-twelve-early-stage-food-ag-startups-selected-for-village-capital-investment-readiness-program)
- #### [April 13, 2018 Meet the 12 Food and Ag Startups From Village Capital’s New Cohort](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/04/13/meet-the-12-food-and-ag-startups-from-village-capitals-new-cohort)
- #### [March 15, 2018 Want to integrate business value and social value? Look to entrepreneurs](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/03/15/want-to-integrate-business-value-and-social-value-look-to-entrepreneurs)
- #### [March 8, 2018 Press release: Village Capital and Kaiser Permanente Announce the Health: US 2018 Cohort](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/03/08/press-release-village-capital-and-kaiser-permanente-announce-the-health-us-2018-cohort)
- #### [March 5, 2018 Announcing the startups in our Energy: US 2018 program](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/03/05/announcing-the-startups-in-our-energy-us-2018-program)
- #### [March 1, 2018 This VC said out loud what many others only hint at: white men get preferential treatment](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2018/03/01/vc-said-loud-many-others-hint-white-men-get-preferential-treatment)

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