São Paulo, 22 de Junho de 2022: Village Capital, com o apoio da MetLife Foundation, inicia a abertura de inscrições para o programa de aceleração ADAPT: Inovação Social para um Futuro mais Resiliente na América Latina. O objetivo é apoiar empreendedores de startups no Brasil, Chile, Colômbia e México a continuarem desenvolvendo projetos que contribuam para o cenário de mudanças climáticas, promoção da saúde e mobilidade econômica e que impactam positivamente o destino da região. Os interessados têm até o dia 5 de agosto para se inscrever e os detalhes completos e critérios de elegibilidade podem ser encontrados aqui.

Mexico City, Mexico & New York, NY (June 13th, 2022) – Village Capital and The Lightsmith Group announced that eight startups were selected to be part of the Climate Accelerator: ASAP focused on spotlighting climate innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Ciudad de México, México y Nueva York, NY, a 13 de junio de 2022 – Village Capital y The Lightsmith Group anuncian que ocho startups fueron seleccionadas para ser parte de la aceleradora ambiental: ASAP (Adaptation SME Accelerator Project, por sus siglas en inglés), enfocada en destacar la innovación climática en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. 

Washington, DC (May 13th, 2022) — Village Capital, with support and grant funding from leading cloud-based subscription management platform provider Zuora®, announced a new accelerator program focused on startups creating solutions to fight climate change and preserve the world through subscription models. 

Washington, D.C., (May 2nd, 2022) – Village Capital, in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, an investment vehicle of the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, announced today that applications have opened for a new health equity accelerator.

Ciudad de México, 2 de mayo de 2022; Village Capital, con el apoyo de Moody’s, lanza un nuevo programa de aceleración en Latinoamérica que apoyará entre ocho y diez startups centradas en la movilidad económica y la creación de alternativas para ingresar en la clase media.

Mexico City (May 2nd, 2022) — Village Capital, with support from Moody’s, is launching a new accelerator program in Latin America that will support eight to ten startups working to improve economic mobility and create pathways to the middle class.

Washington, DC & New York, NY (April 12, 2022) — Village Capital and The Lightsmith Group (“Lightsmith”) announced today that 16 startups were selected to participate in a new environmental accelerator called “ASAP”, or the Adaptation SME Accelerator Project, focused on innovative climate adaptation ventures in Asia and Africa. The 16 startups were selected from more than 300 applicants and have developed technologies in water, agriculture, risk analytics, supply chain, infrastructure, and insurance that can support adaptation and resilience to climate change.

Ciudad de México, a 11 de abril del 2022; 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. 

Mexico City (April 11th, 2022) – 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. 

Washington, DC (March 11th, 2022) —Village Capital, with support from Freddie Mac, PayPal and TIAA, today announced that LoanSense, OneEleven, Challenger, Repaytient and College Cash were peer-selected to receive equity-free investment as a part of FinHealth US 2021; an accelerator program for early-stage startups in the United States contributing to the financial health and economic opportunity of everyday people and small business owners.

Ciudad de México, México & Nueva York, NY, a 7 de marzo del 2022; Abre la convocatoria para una nueva aceleradora ambiental enfocada en destacar la innovación climática en Latinoamérica y el Caribe: ASAP (Adaptation SME Accelerator Project, por sus siglas en inglés).

La convocatoria estará abierta hasta el 8 de abril del 2022; los criterios de elegibilidad y la forma para postular se encuentran aquí.