Press Releases

Village Capital launched the second iteration of Greentech Africa 2025: The Future of Sustainability, an investment-readiness accelerator aimed to advance 10-15 startups with innovative and sustainable solutions, contributing towards building resilience and mitigating the effects of climate change across Africa. 

Village Capital, with support from Google.org, and Finland through MinnaLearn,  and the University of Helsinki’s “Elements of AI for Business”, has launched the Tech Pathways MENA Program aimed at supporting Business Support Organizations (BSOs) to offer customized training in AI adoption and digital skills development to workers across Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the UAE.

The Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility will partner with locally-led ESOs in Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania to enhance capital flow into early-stage companies.

Village Capital has announced its latest investments worth USD 150,000 in two innovative women-led startups, Rhea Soil Health Management (Rhea) and Regxta, through Standard Chartered’s Women in Tech Financing Facility, created to support alumni of Standard Chartered’s Futuremakers program.

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.

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.