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10 Years of Impact

Over the past decade, Village Capital has become the largest supporter of mission-driven, seed-stage startups in the world.

Accelerating entrepreneurs

Since 2009 our team at Village Capital has directly supported more than 1,400 startups in 40+ countries through 150+ accelerator programs, workshops, forums, and more.

Entrepreneurs that graduate our accelerators go on to:

  • Create over 40% more jobs

  • Earn over 2.3x more revenue

  • Raise 3X more capital and earn 2x more revenue than a control group

Funding the future

Our fund, VilCap Investments, has invested in 110 peer-selected startups from these accelerator programs.

Our portfolio is more diverse

Bar chart comparing industry averages with Vilcap Investments Portfolio. Categories: Black or Latinx (US) (Industry: 4%, Vilcap: 30%), Female Led (Industry: 9%, Vilcap: 46%), Outside CA, NYC, or MA (Industry: 50%, Vilcap: 80%).

VilCap Investments portfolio companies have made the following impact on the world:

  • 31.1 million low-income students served

  • 3.2 million people provided access to affordable financial services

  • 16,100 jobs created

  • 2.5 million low-income patients reached

  • 88,500 smallholder farmers served

  • 163.1 million pounds of CO2 emissions offset

Scaling our reach

Over the next decade, we’re going to continue designing, testing and sharing new ideas to drive capital to a broader set of entrepreneurs driving systemic change around the world.

  • Impact 50,000 entrepreneurs through our accelerators, Abaca platform and VilCap Communities

  • Leverage our network to catalyze $10 billion in investment capital to impact-driven startups

  • Create more equitable decision-making processes for venture capital and beyond