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Meet Our Startups
“In less than a year, we’ve successfully diverted over 1 tonne of food waste from landfills, with a target of diverting up to 12 tonnes annually.”
QuinTerra transforms edible waste into nutrient-rich feed to grow sustainable, healthy vegetables.
Based in: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Founder: Yen Ling Cheong
“Our purpose is to promote the right to grow healthy food, reward farmers’ work, and care for soil biodiversity.”
Tierra de Monte develops and sells biological treatments for crops that increase productivity, protect biodiversity, and regenerate the soil by stimulating ecosystems.
Based in: Queretaro, Mexico
Founder: Adriana Luna
“Think about asking someone, who just got out of the hospital, to sit in a government aid office to help them with their application.”
Thrive Link equips families to access health insurance, food stamps, and utility assistance by verbalizing their answers to application questions.
Based in: St. Louis, MO, US
Founder: Kwamane Liddell
“We are revolutionizing financial inclusion and providing smallholder farmers with the comprehensive support they need to grow their businesses and improve their livelihoods.”
Crop2Cash transforms how local farmers access credit, agricultural inputs, and insurance.
Based in: Ibadan, Nigeria
Founder: Michael Ogundare
“By availing financial services customized to communities, remittance senders and recipients can contribute to local economic development, creating a ripple effect that benefits the entire community.”
Balad gives easy, instant access to remittance funds from across the world.
Based in: Cairo, Egypt
Founders: Sally Asaad, Adham Azzam, and Mohamed Assem
“It takes over 100 people on a given team trying to solve decarbonization and de-risk the process for a single large company. [Much of] the industry didn’t even have the knowledge or access to the resources for decarbonizing efficiently.”
BetterSea helps shipping companies reduce their carbon footprint.
Based in: Lisbon, Portugal
Founders: Gordana Ilic and Maximilian Schroer
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News & Insights
Village Capital partners with Standard Chartered to catalyze capital to African women in tech
Village Capital is partnering with Standard Chartered to use its startup acceleration and peer selection model to level up the capital available to Women in Tech participants.
Village Capital y MetLife buscan startup con innovación social para proceso de aceleración
The second iteration of ADAPT: Social Innovation for a More Resilient Future in Latin America will support impact-driven startups developing bold solutions that enable equity, democratize access, and strengthen communities and individuals in the face of climate change, inequality, and other challenges to individual and community wellbeing.
Consistent Questions From Investors Minimize Gender Bias
New research findings from two academic researchers and accelerator pioneer Village Capital: When investors treat men and women the same, using consistent, similar assessments, women fare a lot better than they do otherwise.