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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.

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.

Village Capital announced that Dollarito, Enabled Health, ISeeChange, and Pear Suite were peer-selected to receive equity-free grant funding as a part of “ADAPT: Social Innovation for a More Resilient Future in the United States.” ADAPT, which was launched with support from MetLife Foundation and received additional support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is an accelerator program operating in the U.S. and Latin America.

The new dual-track program selects 20 startups that help communities and individuals adapt to global challenges related to climate change, healthcare, wellness and economic mobility

Village Capital, with support from the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact and Dream.Org, announced that 10 startups were selected to take part in the Justice Tech Fellowship Program in the United States to support innovations that help individuals impacted by the criminal justice system.

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

Village Capital, with support from the American Family Institute for Corporate and Social Impact and Dream.org announced today that applications have opened for a new Justice Tech fellowship program in the United States to support innovations that help individuals impacted by the criminal justice system.

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

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

San Francisco, CA and Washington, D.C. (November 23rd) — 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.