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