--- title: Blogs (10) description: Stay up-to-date and informed with our latest insights and thought-provoking ideas by checking out our blog section (10) --- [![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) - #### [![](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/Europe%20blog%20meta.png) April 6, 2021 Can Tech Make Housing More Accessible and Affordable in Europe? *Unexpectedly landing back home in the UK at the start of the pandemic, my partner and I decided that it was time to embrace the enforced stability of closed airspaces and start looking for a long term home for our growing family.*](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/fintech-affordable-accessible-housing-europe) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/Meta%20graphics-2.jpg) March 22, 2021 10 años de innovación para reducir la brecha de financiamiento de género *El Banco Mundial ha encontrado que las mujeres son dueñas de cerca del 30% de los negocios alrededor del mundo. Sin embargo, mucho menos del 30% del financiamiento para startups en etapas tempranas es destinado a negocios fundados por mujeres.*](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/10-years-innovation-gender-financing-gap-0) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/Meta%20graphics-2-1.jpg) March 8, 2021 10 Years of Innovation to Reduce the Gender Financing Gap *We love the spotlight that International Women’s Day puts on women around the globe who are breaking barriers, creating groundbreaking new innovations and shaping the future. And for us at Village Capital, we also think this day warrants reflecting once again on the fundamental math problem that exists in early stage investing.*](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/10-years-innovation-gender-financing-gap) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/Meta%20graphics%20(4).png) March 5, 2021 Reflecting on Finance Forward India 2020 *India has made impressive strides on financial health in the past five years. Mobile money and government programs have helped millions of people open bank accounts, find capital to open a business, or build savings for the future.*](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/finance-forward-india-2020-recap) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/2-Feb-10-2021-10-05-09-68-PM.png) February 11, 2021 Innovation for informal workers in Europe](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/innovation-for-informal-workers-in-europe) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/3-Feb-10-2021-09-57-01-81-PM.png) February 11, 2021 The Fintech / Housing Nexus: The Implications of Startups Transforming Access to Homeownership Purchasing a home is a complex and often opaque process – and a process that is increasingly out of reach for millions of individuals and families. That was certainly true for Bryan Young’s mother.](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/startups-transforming-access-to-homeownership) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/Meta%20graphics-3.jpg) January 19, 2021 Startups de apoyo para trabajadores informales en Latinoamérica](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/innovación-de-herramientas-en-gestión-financiera-latinoamericanos-1) - #### [![](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/hubfs/Meta%20graphics-1.jpg) January 19, 2021 Startups Supporting Informal Workers Across Latin America](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/funding-financial-innovation-jobs-latin-america-0) [❮](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/9) [1](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/1) [...](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/5) [8](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/8) [9](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/9) [10](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/10) [11](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/11) [12](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/12) [...](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/15) [27](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/27) [❯](https://newsandviews.vilcap.com/posts/page/11) [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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