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COVID-19 will require long-term and short-term solutions.

By: Victoria Fram & Rob Tashima
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Victoria Fram

Announcing The Cohort: Finance Forward US 2019

By: Marcia Chong Rosado, Manager, Financial Innovation Practice at Village Capital
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Marcia Chong Rosado
Venture Capital is Like Skinny Jeans (Or Why We Need a New Language for Capital)

Venture Capital is Like Skinny Jeans (Or Why We Need a New Language for Capital)

Join our ongoing conversation to create a new common language for capital
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Rob Tashima

Announcing the cohort: Finance Forward Latin America 2019

Moving from financial inclusion to financial health
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Daniel Cossío
The revolution of offline digital payments

The revolution of offline digital payments

How Bridg is enabling offline digital payments in countries with low internet adoption
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Heather Strachan Matranga
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A lifeline for Turkish families during double-digit inflation

A lifeline for Turkish families during double-digit inflation

How Tekkredi is helping Turkish banks reach the financially vulnerable
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Heather Strachan Matranga
Building back-end tools for Poland’s booming small business sector

Building back-end tools for Poland’s booming small business sector

How Metis Finance is helping SMEs manage their day-to-day finances
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Ben Younkman
Rebuilding trust in Ukrainian banks after an economic crisis

Rebuilding trust in Ukrainian banks after an economic crisis

How hotline.finance is building transparency in Ukrainian financial institutions
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Ben Younkman
How we’re fixing fundraising for entrepreneurs and investors

How we’re fixing fundraising for entrepreneurs and investors

The latest on our new product for entrepreneurs: Abaca
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Peter Lundquist
Blueprint Local and Village Capital’s Leadership Evolution

Blueprint Local and Village Capital’s Leadership Evolution

Blueprint Local is a new company focused on helping investors back the entrepreneurs and ecosystems where they live.
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Bryce Butler
Is this the year of “Winners Take All”?

Is this the year of “Winners Take All”?

Village Capital’s 2018 in review
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Allie Burns
How Village Capital Companies Are Building Healthy Communities

How Village Capital Companies Are Building Healthy Communities

From connected health to hydropower plants, our entrepreneurs are building a more inclusive and sustainable future
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Victoria Fram
Village Capital Marks 100th Investment

Village Capital Marks 100th Investment

Wexus Technologies was the 100th company to be selected for investment through the “peer review” process
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Victoria Fram
Closing the gender gap in business and investment: should government get involved?

Closing the gender gap in business and investment: should government get involved?

Considering California’s model
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Allie Burns
How changing the power dynamics of venture capital can change the outcomes

How changing the power dynamics of venture capital can change the outcomes

For startups, talent is everywhere, but power is not
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Allie Burns
Want to integrate business value and social value? Look to entrepreneurs

Want to integrate business value and social value? Look to entrepreneurs

Introducing VilCap Innovations
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Allie Burns
The entrepreneurs preparing us for the “Silver Tsunami” of an aging America

The entrepreneurs preparing us for the “Silver Tsunami” of an aging America

America is getting older. Village Capital, in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente, is thrilled to announce the startups in our Health: US…
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Allyson Plosko
Announcing the startups in our Fintech Africa 2018 program

Announcing the startups in our Fintech Africa 2018 program

Village Capital is excited to collaborate with PayPal to support twelve early-stage startups working to improve financial health in…
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Adedana Ashebir
This VC said out loud what many others only hint at: white men get preferential treatment

This VC said out loud what many others only hint at: white men get preferential treatment

This goes beyond dog whistling
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Ebony Pope
Don’t let your startup get caught up in “diversity debt”

Don’t let your startup get caught up in “diversity debt”

You may have heard of “engineering debt”. Coders and web developers use the term to describe what happens when you take shortcuts to meet a…
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Ebony Pope
How startup leaders can use storytelling to motivate their teams

How startup leaders can use storytelling to motivate their teams

Storytelling is a great tool for marketing. But it’s also useful for internal communication
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Ayla Schlosser
Why the optimist in me is winning out

Why the optimist in me is winning out

Investors need to balance our innate optimism with harsh realities. I’m looking forward to 2018.
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Victoria Fram
The people, places and policies reviving entrepreneurship — and America

The people, places and policies reviving entrepreneurship — and America

Our new series with Impact Alpha
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Allie Burns
Is your team performing to the best of its potential?

Is your team performing to the best of its potential?

3 proven frameworks to improve your team’s performance — Flow, MBTI and the Gallwey equation
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Caroline Gertsch
What beer can teach us about why 82% of the world’s wealth created last year went to 1% of its…

What beer can teach us about why 82% of the world’s wealth created last year went to 1% of its…

If we care about addressing inequality, we need more owners
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Ross Baird
Announcing the startups in our Energy: US 2018 program

Announcing the startups in our Energy: US 2018 program

Village Capital is excited to partner with the Autodesk Foundation and BNY Mellon to support eight early-stage startups working to improve…
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Hannah Lewis
Moving from entrepreneur and hustler to manager and leader

Moving from entrepreneur and hustler to manager and leader

Why you can’t — and shouldn’t — do it all
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African Management Initiative
Two New Investments that Will Drive Financial Health in Latin America

Two New Investments that Will Drive Financial Health in Latin America

Fintual and Mutuo Financiera are among the startups helping lift Latin Americans out of the informal economy
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Amanda Jacobson
The top startups building education solutions in India

The top startups building education solutions in India

Project Mudra and Logic Roots were selected as the top startups in our most recent India education cohort
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Deepak Menon
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