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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.

Continuing their track record of supporting women-led sustainability startups across Europe, Village Capital, and Visa Foundation have announced their latest round of equity-free investments in 12 startups.

U4Hero y Tierra de Monte fueron seleccionadas por sus pares para recibir una donación como parte del programa ADAPT: Innovación Social para un Futuro más Resiliente, con el apoyo de MetLife Foundation.

U4Hero e Tierra de Monte foram selecionadas por seus pares para receber financiamento de capital gratuito como parte do programa ADAPT: Inovação Social para um Futuro Mais Resiliente, com apoio da MetLife Foundation.

U4Hero and Tierra de Monte were peer-selected to receive equity-free grant funding as part of the program ADAPT: Social Innovation for a More Resilient Future, in partnership with MetLife Foundation. 

Village Capital’s Reducing Inequalities Investment Facility is proud to announce its latest investment of USD 500K in Coamana.

Village Capital has announced its latest investment in Aquarech, a Kenyan agtech startup that enables small and medium-sized fish farmers to become more productive and profitable.

Arbol and ThriveLink will receive an equity-free grant funding of USD 50K each to support their operations from MetLife Foundation, and all the participants will receive an equity-free grant funding of USD 3K from TIAA.

Village Capital (VilCap), with support from Norway, through Norad—the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, has launched the Empowering Sustainable Entrepreneurship Africa program aimed at supporting Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania that support climate-focused startups.