A patient's needs and the seriousness of the disease are not the only factors that determine referral to the hospital. Healthcare managers constantly refer patients due to lack of professionals within their geographical location, leading to potential medical consequences for the patient, and increasing healthcare expenditure. In Kenya, understaffing in rural primary care facilities is particularly acute - where the doctor population ratio in rural areas is 1:33,000 compared to 1:1,700 in urban areas.

Over the years, codeX has developed into a unique program that takes new-to-tech talent (including those with weaker education backgrounds) from zero to advanced coders in two years.

Mission-driven entrepreneurs are demonstrating an ability to build customized solutions that address the needs of underserved patients in a way that larger healthcare organizations cannot.

Read the stories of the founders that are creating innovative products and services that improve the housing conditions in the Andean Region. 

Congratulations to President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris on the outcome of the recent election. The historic turnout was validation that democracy works best when everyone participates – and I’m personally so delighted and inspired by the election of the first woman, Black woman and person of South Asian heritage as the Vice President of the United States.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - On October 11, Village Capital and Open Markets Institute hosted “A Right to Compete: Are Monopolies Crushing Entrepreneurship?” a conference on competition policy and the declining right to compete for entrepreneurs in America.

We’re excited to announce the twelve startups participating in our upcoming venture development program, Fintech US 2018. Each one of these startups is harnessing financial data to make financial services more accessible, affordable, and transparent.

(Washington, DC) - VilCap Investments portfolio company Stony Creek Colors was featured in a video by outdoor clothing designer Patagonia, as a supplier that provides sustainable and natural indigo as an alternative to synthetic dyes for jeans.

This week, hundreds of local leaders supporting entrepreneurship will come together in Kansas City to talk about the transformative power of entrepreneurship and how it can be used to address critical community challenges.

(Washington, DC) - July 6, 2018 - Allie Burns, Managing Director of global venture capital firm Village Capital, responded to this morning’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which showed the unemployment rate rising to 4% while wage growth slowed. A separate report on Thursday from ADP showed that American business' "number one problem is finding qualified workers."

Data is increasingly the fuel that makes our economy run. The world produces 2.5 quintillion bytes of raw data a day, and more of it every year.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- VilCap Investments, a venture capital fund affiliated with Village Capital, announced an investment as part of a $1.5M round in GoKid, a mobility solution for schools, teams and families to more efficiently coordinate kids transportation.