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To advance prosperity and opportunity in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. Department of State-sponsored ten alumni of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Program to grow their business ventures across a variety of sectors. Participants in the YLAI Americas Accelerator were selected for this opportunity through a competitive process managed by implementing partner IREX and venture capital firm Village Capital, which offered the entrepreneurs targeted support and mentorship over the course of three workshops. As a culmination of the activities, Lazarillo was peer-selected to receive a cash award to invest in their business as a part of the Americas Accelerator

To advance prosperity and opportunity in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. Department of State-sponsored ten alumni of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Program to grow their business ventures across a variety of sectors. Participants in the YLAI Americas Accelerator were selected for this opportunity through a competitive process managed by implementing partner IREX and venture capital firm Village Capital, which offered the entrepreneurs targeted support and mentorship over the course of three workshops. As a culmination of the activities, Lazarillo was peer-selected to receive a cash award to invest in their business as a part of the Americas Accelerator

La iniciativa multinacional patrocinada por el Departamento de Estado de EUA, con financiamiento provisto por el Gobierno de Estados Unidos, administrado por IREX en alianza con  Village Capital, anunció el día de hoy que la empresa Lazarillo fue seleccionada por sus pares para para recibir una donación. 

To advance prosperity and opportunity in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. Department of State-sponsored ten alumni of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Program to grow their business ventures across a variety of sectors. Participants in the YLAI Americas Accelerator were selected for this opportunity through a competitive process managed by implementing partner IREX and venture capital firm Village Capital, which offered the entrepreneurs targeted support and mentorship over the course of three workshops. As a culmination of the activities, Lazarillo was peer-selected to receive a cash award to invest in their business as a part of the Americas Accelerator

Mexico City (January, 12th 2022) –  The multinational initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government and supported in its implementation by IREX and Village Capital, will support eleven Young Leaders of America Initiative’s fellowship alumni working to impact various sectors across the Americas after running a series of online training sessions attended by more than 140 fellows.

San Francisco, CA and Washington, D.C. (November 23rd) — 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.