Mexico City (October 21, 2025) — Village Capital, in partnership with Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh, has concluded the Reshaping Food Systems LatAm accelerator program, an initiative designed to support founders reducing food waste and strengthening food security across Latin America. As part of this milestone, every startup in the cohort received milestone-based funding of USD 4,400 to advance their mission and scale their solutions.
Over the past months, participating founders gained tailored training, mentorship, and connections to strengthen both their business models and their impact. The program focused on investment readiness, peer-to-peer learning, and access to industry experts. Equipping startups with the tools to scale solutions that address the region’s most pressing food system challenges.
“Latin America is one of the world’s largest food producers, yet millions of tons are lost before they ever reach consumers,” said Daniela Guerrero, Program Manager at Village Capital. “These startups are proving that innovation can turn that challenge into an opportunity by helping farmers earn more, helping families access nutritious food, and reducing the climate impact of waste along the way.”
From tackling food insecurity to reducing waste across the supply chain, the startups in the Reshaping Food Systems LatAm cohort are driving meaningful change. For example:
These are just a few of the eight innovative startups that participated in the accelerator program, each working to reshape the way food is produced, distributed, and consumed in Latin America. With milestone-based funding and the tools gained from the program, these startups are now positioned to scale their solutions and transform regional food systems for the better.
To learn more about the eight startups and their approaches to reshape food systems in Latin America, visit: https://vilcap.com/programs/reshaping-food-systems-latam
For more information, contact 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.
About Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh
The Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh invests in organizations locally, nationally, and across the globe. Through five priority areas, Environment, Human Rights, Education, Jewish Life, and Civil Society, the foundation seeks high-leverage opportunities to advance long-term structural solutions to social, economic, and environmental challenges.
In 2021, the Posner Foundation established a strategic plan to guide and assess funding efforts in food waste, with emphasis on prevention solutions. The foundation envisions a waste-free food system that prioritizes efficient use of human, financial, and natural resources. In early 2022, the Posner Foundation released its first ever open call for proposals to bolster their food waste grantmaking, and now, the foundation supports a Food Waste Prevention Cohort of 14 grantee organizations working on a variety of projects to prevent food waste through reshaping consumer environments.
