Mexico City (March 27th, 2022) — Village Capital, with support fromArgidius Foundation, announced a new accelerator program focused on Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs), such as accelerators, incubators, funds, universities, and service providers. The accelerator program: Colombian Ecosystem Builders will contribute to build the infrastructure needed to ensure that Colombia can benefit from a thriving startup community by developing training for Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) to implement efficient and effective tools to better support entrepreneurs’ needs. 

Washington, DC (March 22, 2023) — Village Capital announced an investment in EQL Finance from its Financial Health Innovation Fund (FHIF), an early-stage investment vehicle funded by MetLife Foundation. EQL Finance, launched in 2022 and based in Baltimore, Maryland, offers a digital financial toolkit for working-class families, using data and gamification to improve financial health, literacy, and credit.

Nairobi, Kenya. 16th March, 2023 - Village Capital, with the support ofArgidius Foundation, has released a report titledWhat Ugandan ESOs Can Teach The World. The report answers the question “What’s working in entrepreneur support?” drawing insights straight from the experiences of people who are working with entrepreneurs in Uganda, every day.

In 2021, 85 percent of global VC funding went to startups with only men on the founding team. In emerging markets, research shows that only 11 percent of seed funding goes to companies with a woman in their founding team. This gender financing gap negatively impacts the entire VC ecosystem, from women-led startups, which lack capital to scale, to investors, who leave significant opportunities for returns on the table. The data suggest that adding three steps into evaluation frameworks can help investors and accelerators conduct more consistent, comprehensive, and data-driven evaluations across all startups, unlocking more opportunities for women-led companies. Washington D.C., February 28, 2023 - Village Capital, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), launched a new toolkit designed to help investors and accelerators adapt their due diligence process to evaluate startups more accurately and equitably.

Mexico City (February 7th, 2023) — Village Capital, with support from Moody’s, is launching a new catalytic accelerator for eight to ten entrepreneurs championing ecosystem restoration throughout LatAm.

Ciudad de México, 7 de febrero de 2023; Village Capital, con el apoyo de Moody’s, lanza un nuevo programa de aceleración en Latinoamérica que apoyará entre ocho y diez startups que defienden la restauración de ecosistemas en Latinoamérica.

Washington, DC (26 January, 2023) — Visa Foundation and Village Capital have announced the close of the second cohort of the Greentech Europe 2022 program, the organisation’s first ever program featuring all women-led ventures. 14 startups creating sustainable economic, environmental and social solutions across Europe will receive funding totalling $150,000.

Washington, D.C., (January 19th, 2022) – Village Capital, with support from the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact and Dream.Org, announced that ConConnect, Good Call Technologies, and Rasa will receive capital investment from Dream.org as part of the Justice Tech Fellowship Program in the United States. The program supported ten startups helping individuals impacted by the criminal justice system.

Mexico City (January 4th, 2023) — Village Capital, with the support of Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh, announced a new accelerator program focused on startups creating solutions to prevent food loss and waste, both on the consumers’ and the producers’ sides. Applications close on February 17th, 2023. Full details and eligibility criteria can be found here.

Ciudad de México, 4 de enero de 2023; Village Capital, con el apoyo de Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh, lanza un nuevo programa de aceleración en Latinoamérica que apoyará ocho startups centradas en la reducción del desperdicio de comida.  La convocatoria cierra el 17 de febrero de 2023. Todos los detalles y los criterios de selección pueden encontrarse aquí.

São Paulo, 14 de Dezembro de 2022: Village Capital, com o apoio da Fundação MetLife, anunciou que Tu Consejería e AInwater foram selecionados por seus pares para receber uma doação como parte do  ADAPT: Inovação Social para um Futuro mais Resiliente na América Latina. O programa de prontidão para investimentos apoiou empreendedores a dimensionar suas soluções em mudanças climáticas, saúde e mobilidade econômica, é impulsionado pelo foco em questões transversais ou interseccionais que afetam diretamente a capacidade de um indivíduo ou comunidade de alcançar resiliência e se adaptar aos desafios ambientais, sociais e econômicos contínuos.

Mexico City (December 14th, 2022) — Village Capital, with support from MetLife Foundation, announced that Tu Consejería and AInwater were peer-selected to receive equity-free grant funding as a part of “ADAPT: Social Innovation for a More Resilient Future in Latin America”. The investment-readiness program supported entrepreneurs to scale their solutions around climate change, healthcare, and economic mobility in the region, with a focus on cross-cutting or intersectional issues that directly impact an individual’s or community’s ability to achieve resiliency and adapt to ongoing environmental, social, and economic challenges.