--- title: Blogs | Village Capital (6) description: Stay up-to-date and informed with our latest insights and thought-provoking ideas by checking out our blog section (6) --- [![Village Capital](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/VilCap_2019/LogoHorizontal-color_2022.png)](https://vilcap.com/news-and-views) ![Open menu](https://vilcap.com/images/hamburger.svg) Open Main Menu [Village Capital](https://vilcap.com/) ![Close menu](https://vilcap.com/images/close.svg) Close Main Menu - [Home](https://vilcap.com/) - About Us - [The Village Capital Story](https://vilcap.com/about-us/story) - [Our Team](https://vilcap.com/about-us/our-team) - [Careers](https://vilcap.com/careers) - [Programs for Entrepreneurs](https://vilcap.com/programs) - [Programs for Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs)](https://vilcap.com/eso-programs) - [News & Publications](https://vilcap.com/news-and-publications) - [Blogs](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts) - [Press Releases](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/press-releases) - [Reports](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/reports) - How We Support Entrepreneurs - [Our Tools for Startups and ESO's](https://vilcap.com/our-tools) - [Peer-Selected Investment](https://vilcap.com/entrepreneurs/peer-selected-investment) - [Impact Investing](https://vilcap.com/impactinvesting) - [Our Alumni](https://vilcap.com/our-alumni) - [Become a Mentor](https://vilcap.com/mentors) - [Support Our Mission](https://vilcap.com/get-involved) - [Results & Impact](https://vilcap.com/results) [Donate](https://donorbox.org/donate-to-vilcap) # *Blogs* Stay up-to-date and informed with our latest insights and thought-provoking ideas by checking out our blog section - [all](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts) - [Africa](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/tag/africa) - [Asia](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/tag/asia) - [Europe](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/tag/europe) - [Latin America](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/tag/latin-america) - [MENA](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/tag/middle-east-and-north-africa) - [United States](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/tag/united-states) - [Equitable Access to Services](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/tag/equitable-access-to-services) - [Economic Mobility](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/tag/economic-mobility) - [Climate Innovation & Adaptation](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/tag/climate-innovation-adaptation) - #### [![Resource Stories: Melinda Weekes-Laidlow, Beautiful Ventures](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/Blog%20Resource%20Stories_Beautiful%20Ventures.png) July 30, 2022 Resource Stories: Melinda Weekes-Laidlow, Beautiful Ventures](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/resource-stories-melinda-weekes-laidlow-beautiful-ventures) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/SocialShare-New-4.jpg) February 1, 2022 8 Ways to Make Your FinTech Startup Stand Out from the Crowd Back in 2017, we shared some of the perspectives from our network about how to make your fintech startup stand out. ](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/2017/03/20/8-ways-make-fintech-startup-stand-crowd) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/O-Farm_Reports%20general%20graphic.png) November 29, 2021 Bopinc and Village Capital launch landmark studies on the potential of circular agribusiness in Ethiopia and Kenya](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/bopinc-and-village-capital-launch-landmark-studies-on-the-potential-of-circular-agribusiness-in-ethiopia-and-kenya) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/SocialShare-New-3.jpg) August 13, 2021 How Can Your Startup Stand Out in an Emerging Sector? With all the work that goes into establishing a startup, developing a marketing strategy may not be at the top of a founder’s to-do list. Understandably, it can be daunting to equally prioritize all the different aspects required to launch a successful business. This is why it's important to have the right team, and community of like-minded entrepreneurs to develop the right expertise for your business.](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/siddhesh-joglekar-shares-how-entrepreneurs-in-the-future-of-work-sector-can-define-their-market) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/SocialShare-New-4.jpg) August 11, 2021 Mentoring with Finance Forward Accelerator Programs To date, Finance Forward has supported more than 90 ventures from over 20 countries with over 2,400 hours of direct mentorship, and engagement from 100 MetLife team members, and, in the process, given away more than $600,000 in grants.](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/mentoring-finance-forward-metlife) - #### [![Vivienda en la Región Andina.](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/ShelterTech-SP-FULL.jpg) June 28, 2021 10 startups creando soluciones sustentables en la Región Andina *Estos emprendedores están creando productos y servicios innovadores en la Región Andina que tienen la capacidad de mejorar la calidad de vida y las viviendas de las familias latinoamericanas. ¡Conoce sus historias!*](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/startups/sheltertech/region/andina) - #### [![Housing in the Andean Region ](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/ShelterTech-ENGLISH-FULL.jpg) June 28, 2021 How Ten Startups Are Creating Housing Solutions for the Andean Region *Read the stories of the founders that are creating innovative products and services that improve the housing conditions in the Andean Region. *](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/startups/sheltertech/andean/region) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/Ertharin%20Cousin_Blog%20graphic%201.jpg) April 19, 2021 A World Without Food Waste: Ertharin Cousin *"I do this work because ensuring every mother, everywhere has the access to affordable, nutritious food is my 'dharma'. It’s how I earn my place in this humanity. I personally believe no family should go hungry while 30% of the food produced is lost or wasted."*](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/world-without-hunger-ertharin-cousin) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/1200x675-KZHZW-CommitteeHeadshots2.jpg) April 19, 2021 A World Without Food Waste: Emily Ma *"My hope is that all companies and organizations will find the courage to do the same, and see the shared value in creating a world without hunger and waste, together. It’s not a competition. We can do this and we must do it, together, and transcend the economic and cultural structures that may be holding us back."*](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/world-without-hunger-emily-ma) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/1200x675-KZHZW-CommitteeHeadshots4.jpg) April 19, 2021 A World Without Food Waste: Stephanie Dorsey *I am passionate about the role of innovation, entrepreneurship, markets and system investing as a theory of change particularly in promoting change towards a healthier and sustainable food system. Food impacts community and human health and wellbeing— it is the most critical aspect of our lives. *](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/world-without-hunger-stephanie-dorsey) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/1200x675-KZHZW-CommitteeHeadshots6%20(1).jpg) April 19, 2021 A World Without Food Waste: Philip Behn *For Earth Day 2021, we're highlighting leaders who believe in a world with zero hunger and zero waste and currently serve as advisory committee members for The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation Innovation Fund. In collaboration with Village Capital, the Innovation Fund has developed an investment-readiness program for startups working to prevent, recover and recycle food waste in the U.S.*](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/world-without-hunger-philip-behn) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/Finance%20Forward%20Five%20meta-1.png) December 18, 2020 The Finance Forward Five: Five financial health startups to know about](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/finance-forward-five-pandemic) [❮](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/author/village-capital/page/5) [1](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/author/village-capital/page/1) [...](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/author/village-capital/page/1) [4](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/author/village-capital/page/4) [5](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/author/village-capital/page/5) [6](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/author/village-capital/page/6) [7](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/author/village-capital/page/7) [8](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/author/village-capital/page/8) [❯](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/author/village-capital/page/7) [Village Capital](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/) - [Home](https://vilcap.com/) - [About Us](https://vilcap.com/about-us) - [Our Programs](https://vilcap.com/programs) - [Partner With Us](https://vilcap.com/partner-with-us) - [News & Publications](https://vilcap.com/news-and-publications) - [Results](https://vilcap.com/results) - [Our Alumni](https://vilcap.com/our-alumni) - [Become a Mentor](https://vilcap.com/mentors) - [Impact Investing](https://vilcap.com/impactinvesting) - [Smarter Systems](https://vilcap.com/smarter-systems) - [I'm An Entrepreneur](https://vilcap.com/entrepreneurs) - [I'm An Investor](https://vilcap.com/investors) #### Subscribe to our newsletter Subscribe Village Capital needs the contact information you provide to us to contact you about our products and services. 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