Village Capital launches Greentech Asia 2025: The Future of Sustainability, the second iteration of the investment-readiness accelerator aimed to advance ten innovative startups contributing towards building resilience and mitigating the effects of climate change and pollution in Asia.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (March 6, 2025) — Village Capital launches Greentech Asia 2025: The Future of Sustainability, the second iteration of the investment-readiness accelerator aimed to advance ten innovative startups contributing towards building resilience and mitigating the effects of climate change and pollution in Asia.
The program is part of a broader global effort spanning Africa and Latin America to support and scale startups working to address the effects of climate change.
In Southeast Asia, the sustainability crisis has posed many challenges that need to be addressed with urgency. In particular, Vietnam and Malaysia have been deeply affected in three different categories: climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. Malaysia ranks 116th in the Global Climate Risk Index among the countries most affected by extreme weather events between 2000 and 2019. By 2030, an estimated 25% of its population could face displacement due to rising sea levels and extreme weather. Meanwhile, Vietnam is ranked 16th in the most biodiverse countries, but over 40% of the country is now classified as barren, unproductive land due to deforestation and degradation, among other factors.
Applications close on May 9, 2024. Full details and eligibility criteria can be found here.
The call for applications is open to regional startups, with a focus on startups from Malaysia and Vietnam, building solutions to accelerate the shift towards sustainable development, focusing on the following areas:
From August through September 2025, the selected entrepreneurs will meet for three online workshops. The curriculum is focused on helping them develop the networks and tools they need to scale their impact and uplift their communities. They will work closely with industry experts, investors, ecosystem partners, and an investment analyst who will coach them 1:1 on building a financial model, identifying unit economics, and using financial metrics to drive both business and investor diligence.
All startups that apply to the program will be invited to join Abaca, Village Capital’s free web app. Abaca includes Capital Explorer, which equips entrepreneurs to make strategic fundraising decisions that align with their mission and vision and identify relevant resources and capital providers. Abaca also helps entrepreneurs on a venture path to assess their investment readiness using a consistent set of Venture Investment Levels (1-9) and then plan and track progress toward their next level with the Milestone Planner.
For more information, contact Eva Waweru at Village Capital (eva.waweru@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 South and Southeast Asia since 2011 by running over 16 accelerator programs in more than 10 countries in the region, including Bangladesh, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Vilcap has supported more than 190 locally-based startups working in sectors such as civic tech, climate change, financial health, and the future of work. Learn more at www.vilcap.com and follow @villagecapital.
