Village Capital announced Salva Health, Sofya, and Kintsu were selected by their peers to receive 100K in grants as part of the program Innovations in Health LatAm.
Mexico City (April 8, 2025) – Village Capital announced Salva Health, Sofya, and Kintsu were selected by their peers to receive 100K in grants as part of the program Innovations in Health LatAm.
The initiative supported a cohort of ten innovative startups from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. These startups are improving healthcare quality and access across Latin America through solutions in medical devices, logistics and medical services, managed healthcare, and biopharma.
“I have participated in many accelerator programs, and what I like about the Village Capital and Johnson & Johnson Foundation program is that it offers a combination of tools, networking, and even ‘group therapy’ all in a safe space,” said Vinicius Moura, Founder of Huna. “There is a genuine effort to build community, which is very important. Additionally, we were able to share vulnerabilities openly.”
Salva Health, Sofya, and Kintsu were top-ranked by their peers on the final day of the three-month accelerator program to receive grant funding of USD 50K, 25K, and 25K, respectively, to support their operations. These peer grants were funded by the J&J Foundation.
The ten participating startups evaluated each other through an investor lens, using eight specific investment categories that leverage Village Capital’s venture investment levels. This methodology allows entrepreneurs to decide who will receive the available grants in each initiative through a peer-selection method based on startup achievements and potential. This approach has proven effective in unlocking capital to a broader set of entrepreneurs and predicting future performance more accurately than conventional impact investment funds.
The peer-selected startups focus on the following:
For more information, reach out to Yireth Villaverde at Village Capital (yireth.villaverde@vilcap.com).
About Village Capital
Village Capital is reinventing the system to back the entrepreneurs of the future. Known for its groundbreaking approaches to supporting founders who are building solutions to emergent social, economic, and environmental challenges, VilCap unlocks critical social and financial capital for early-stage companies to maximize business and impact growth.
Village Capital has operated in Latin America since 2015 by running over 20 accelerator programs involving more than 20 countries in the region including Bolivia, Guatemala, and Paraguay. VilCap has supported more than 200 locally-based startups working in sectors such as economic mobility, financial health, and sustainable agriculture. Learn more at www.vilcap.com and follow @vilcap_latam.
