Press Releases

Village Capital, in collaboration with Standard Chartered US, is excited to announce the launch of the US Women in Tech Accelerator, a new three-year transformative initiative aimed at addressing systemic inequities in funding and support for women-identifying startup founders.

Village Capital has announced the selection of five standout Ecosystem Builders to continue in the next phase of its Empowering Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Africa program.

Village Capital announces that the 15 women-led startups participating in the Autumn 2024 cohort of the Visa Foundation-backed Greentech Europe program will receive a total of USD 130K in equity-free grants to advance their impactful climate solutions.

Airbuild and Pirl Technology will receive investment capital of USD 25K each from Dream.Org

Sage Impact Entrepreneurship is a three-year initiative dedicated to accelerating the growth of 165 innovative startups that address the most pressing social and environmental challenges of our time, across Southern Europe, the UK, and the US. The initiative will focus on fostering a community of visionary leaders who can drive systemic change through innovation and collaboration.

The accelerator program is designed to scale climate-focused startups leveraging usage-based and dynamic pricing models to increase access to sustainable services and solutions.

The accelerator program will equip startups from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico with networks and funding to address critical healthcare challenges

O programa de aceleração equipará startups da Argentina, Brasil, Colômbia e México com conexões e financiamento para enfrentar desafios críticos de saúde na América Latina

El programa de aceleración equipará a startups de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y México con conexiones y financiamiento para abordar desafíos críticos de atención médica en Latinoamérica

Village Capital (VilCap) has announced the selection of 14 notable Ecosystem Builders to join its Empowering Sustainable Entrepreneurship Africa initiative. Supported by Norway through Norad – the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation – the program aims to strengthen the ecosystem for climate-focused startups in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced that they have selected 10 community leaders for Cohort II of Resource, a countrywide project to support entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by and focused on founders of color.

Village Capital and Small Foundation have released a report, “Insights into the Support Ecosystem for Rural Impacting Enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa,” highlighting the pivotal role of Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) in bolstering Rural Impacting Enterprises (RIEs) across the region.