Reports

Supporting innovative entrepreneurs requires ecosystem innovation to reduce the barriers that stand in their way. That’s why we’ve set out to research, test, and create solutions that equip the startup ecosystem to reduce the gender financing gap.

Over the last two years, Resource (an initiative from Village Capital and Black Innovation Alliance) has supported community-led entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) working to provide space for people of color in a local startup ecosystem. They operate on the level of a city, state, neighborhood or Indigenous nation.

Globally, there are an estimated 281 million international migrants and over 55 million internally displaced persons.

The Future of Work India program — delivered with the support of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) — supported a stellar cohort of 18 startups addressing challenges faced by learners, education providers, employers, and job seekers.

What keeps funding and investments from being committed to Justice Tech entrepreneurs?

The amount of data that is being collected, analyzed, and stored by different organizations is growing at an exponential rate. In the last 10 years, the volume of data created, captured, and consumed worldwide grew by a staggering 3850%. This raises concerns for individual and business users on data protection, privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.

Entrepreneurship is a critical tool for solving the world’s biggest problems. But the innovation economy is still broken. A handful of people in a handful of cities are deciding which entrepreneurs get a chance to succeed.

Philanthropy alone cannot solve global problems. At Village Capital, we have been working to support and invest in startups that are solving some of the world’s toughest problems - and doing so by developing profitable businesses.

Village Capital created Finance Forward with global partners MetLife Foundation and PayPal to support tech-driven financial health startups on five continents.

La pandemia de COVID-19 ha empujado a la economía Latinoamericana al borde y ha afectado con mayor intensidad a los dueños de los pequeños negocios y a los individuos de las comunidades de bajos ingresos.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed Latin America’s economy to the brink. And those who have been hit the hardest are small business owners and people from low-income communities.

U.S. businesses, farms and consumers spend an estimated $218 billion a year growing, processing, transporting and disposing food that is never eaten. That equals 52 million tons of food waste sent to landfill annually, plus another 10 million tons that is discarded or left unharvested on farms. Meanwhile, over 50 million Americans struggle with hunger.