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Blog for Village Capital. We're reinventing the system to back the entrepreneurs of the future - a future where business creates equity and long-term prosperity.

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Ben Wrobel
Author of "Letting Go: How Philanthropists And Impact Investors Can Do More Good By Giving Up Control"
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Nasir C. Qadree
Passionate about investing & scaling innovative tech enterprises solving 🌎problems, Running 51 26.2’s miles for #FirstGen students, Pick up 🏀 HoF
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Joseph Henry Steig
CFO to investors and startups. Entrepreneurship and innovation educator. Sector interests in agriculture and cleantech.
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Ebony Pope
Director of US Ventures, Village Capital
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Ross Baird
Blueprint Local, @villagecapital, @KauffmanFdn. Working to back entrepreneurs and build better communities. Big fan of @UVA and @Braves.
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Marilyn Waite
#Cleantech #ClimateFinance #SustainableInvesting | #SustainabilityAtWork @RoutledgeSust
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Emily Edwards
@VillageCapital sr associate helping global communities build social entrepreneurial ecosystems | #BLM, #techinclusion, and #WomenWhoStartup among other #’s
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Hannah Lewis
I run Energy @villagecapital. let’s work together to support #inv and #startups that create a more #equitable & #sustainable world. #impinv #genderlensinv
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Lia Mayka
Logistics innovations at WFP’s regional office in #Nairobi
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Deepak Menon
Fatherhood, startups, technology, people & impact....waking up in the morning!
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Sara Nadel
Using data to make the world better where we live, work & learn. COO @ Learning Collider. Cofounder @ StellarEmploy. Former Academic. Honorary Peruvian.
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Armando Kuroda
Artist and entrepreneur. Creativity, Improv, Welfare Capitalism, Art, Tech, Management, Zen, and Finance. Self-aware Universe.
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Victoria Fram
Co-founder/Managing Director @villagecapital @vilcapinvest. Traveler, runner, glassblower, aerial fabric enthusiast. Most of all partner & mom.
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Ben Younkman
Ben is a Manager of New Initiatives at Village Capital and explores different opportunities in applying their unique methodology to partners.
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Whitney Muse
Seeking innovative #food and #agriculture #startups to apply and participate in Village Capital's #accelerator program for training & $100K #investment
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Doug Speight
Startup addict, playful dad and Founder, CEO of Cathedral Leasing @CathedralLease. @CODE2040 Entrepreneur-In-Residence 2016
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Heather Strachan Matranga
Senior Manager of Vilcap Innovations at Village Capital
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Allie Burns
CEO @VillageCapital; former @revolution @casefoundation; #impinv #riseofrest; feminist; have major wanderlust.
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Lucienne Ide
#Entrepreneur dedicated to improving #healthcare Founder of @jointherimidi #physician Supporter of #femalefounders #Mother of 4 great boys
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Jeff Zhou
Founder at Fig Loans (www.figloans.com)
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Marissa Lowman
Head of Future of Work Practice @VillageCapital. Co-founder @LearnLaunch. Alum @cornell_tech. Writer. Craft cocktail connoisseur.
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George Elfond
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Arable
Natural Resource Management
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Dustin Shay
Impact investor with @villagecapital. Driven by the notion that motivating the people who have the money is the most effective way of creating change.
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Paul Breloff
CEO at Shortlist (www.shortlist.net). Founder and former MD of Accion Venture Lab. On a mission to unlock professional potential.
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African Management Initiative
Working to empower the next generation of African managers and entrepreneurs through practical and accessible learning and development tools.
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Caroline Gertsch
Caroline’s career has centered around helping individuals and organizations, across both the private and social sectors, to achieve their full potential.
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Ayla Schlosser
CEO & cofounder of resonate. Entrepreneur & storyteller. Believer in the power of human potential. Proponent of innovation, collaboration, and vulnerability.
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Adedana Ashebir
Regional Manager, Africa for Village Capital
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Bryce Butler
Founder / Managing Partner @AcsVentures, working to build a more inclusive & creative economy that is more equitable, dynamic, and resilient.
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Peter Lundquist
Building products at Village Capital https://vilcap.com | Washington, DC | Twitter: @peterlundquist | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterlundquist
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Daniel Cossío
Regional Manager — Latin America at Village Capital (vilcap.com)
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Rob Tashima
VP and Head of Innovations, @VillageCapital. Formerly @OBGInsights. Advisor, @AsokoInsight. Geek, Africa Data. Fellow, @Trumanproject. Depressed Fan, @NUFC.
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Marcia Chong Rosado
Future of Finance Lead @villagecapital. She/Her. #WOC. From Guayaquil. #Immigrant to Boston area. For intersectional, anti-racist, just power. Centering #BIPOC.
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Alicia Sornson
Project Manager at Village Capital