Founders
We support early-stage entrepreneurs through accelerator programs and resources so they can grow sustainable, high-impact businesses tackling global environmental, social, and economic challenges. Visit our Entrepreneur Program page.
About Us
Village Capital is a global leader in impact investing, helping early-stage startups access the type of social and financial capital they need to grow – reshaping the supply and demand sides of capital flows as a result.
Entrepreneurship Today
The majority of high-impact solutions never reach the people and communities they are intended to serve. Across the globe, entrepreneurs are building practical yet transformative solutions to climate resilience, food security, financial inclusion, and health access. Yet 8 out of 10 impact startups cannot access the capital they need to grow.
Roughly 2-9% of global
venture capital goes to female founders.
Less than 4% of VC
in the US goes to Black/Latinx founders.
Around 50% of global
VC goes to three US states: NY, MA, and CA.
The result?
A monoculture in tech.
For more than a decade our team at Village Capital has been designing, testing and sharing tools and processes to correct this imbalance and drive more investment to entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds.
Why? Because we believe that a diversity of backgrounds and lived experience lead to a diversity of ideas, and diversity of ideas leads to a diversity of solutions to our growing global challenges. This is especially important in emergent sectors where tech innovation is being harnessed for good, like: Justice Tech, Climate Tech, Civic Tech, Refugee Tech, Shelter Tech.
Founders
We help them accelerate their investment readiness through milestone-based approach and expanding access to social and financial capital.
Entrepreneur Support Organizations
We equip them with unique tools to increase their efficiency, sustainability, impact and inclusiveness.
Investors
We provide tools, strategies, and pipeline to increase the flow of capital to impact-creating, diverse-led businesses.
Capital Providers
We structure, manage, and support funds that offer a variety of financing tools to impact-creating startups including equity, debt, and revenue-share, among others.
Our ecosystem approach is driven by a relentless focus on creating a more inclusive system. We build, test, and scale unique approaches.
Read on for examples of our work: peer-selected investment, gender lens research, VIRAL and Abaca investment-readiness frameworks, ESO Diagnostic.
How Do We Work?
Real impact takes root when startups and ecosystems grow together.
Ecosystem Builders
We partner with locally-led Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) to co-deliver programs for entrepreneurs, equipping them with tools, methodologies, and curriculum. Visit our ESO Program page.
Impact Investing
We structure, manage, and deploy funds offering a variety of financing structures (such as equity, debt, and revenue-share) through various investment funds and facilities to connect impact-creating startups with the right type of capital for them. Visit our Impact Investing page.
Tech-Enabled Tools
We launched Abaca, our free web app that equips early-stage, impact-creating entrepreneurs, ESOs, and capital providers with tools to learn, assess fit, and expand access to financial capital. Its newest feature, Capital Explorer, helps founders identify the most suitable funding options for their businesses.