Our Programs

ADAPT: Social Innovation for a More Resilient Future is an accelerator for 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.

The new program, with support by MetLife Foundation, will support innovations that help communities and individuals adapt to challenges related to climate change, healthcare, wellness, and economic mobility.

Innovations in Justice Tech is a fellowship program that will support entrepreneurs building innovations that improve the lives of individuals and communities impacted by the justice system and reduce the footprint of the criminal justice system.

This research initiative, in partnership with the Small Foundation, will deepen our understanding of the support ecosystem for rural-impacting enterprises (RIEs), specifically, entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) that work or seek to work with RIEs in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Sustainability Subscribed program will support 10-12 entrepreneurs focused on creating solutions to fight climate change and advance sustainability through subscription models in the US. Apply now!

Backing LatAm’s Middle Class is an accelerator for startups in Latin America working to improve economic mobility and create pathways to the middle class. Apply now!

The Innovations in Health Equity program will support 10-12 entrepreneurs focused on improving health equity for BIPOC, low-income, or other underserved communities in the US. Apply now!

Greentech Europe 2022 (supported by Visa Foundation) is a new impact accelerator dedicated to supporting gender diverse and female led ventures creating sustainable economic, environmental and social solutions across Europe. Apply to Cohort 2!

IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator ‘22 is an investment-readiness and technical mentorship program, run in partnership with Village Capital.

Future of Work 2022 is looking to support 45 startups across the region with investment readiness training through: a core cohort of 10-12 startups, and an expanded cohort of 33-35 startups featuring self-guided training, extensive virtual support and engagement with mentors.

O-farms is the first African SME accelerator completely focused on circular agribusiness. The initiative is supported by the IKEA Foundation to help scale circular agribusiness innovations in East Africa. We're working toward making circularity a mainstream approach for entrepreneurs in East African food systems by 2025. Learn more.

Resource is a nationwide project to support and connect entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by and focused on founders of color. The project is co-led by Village Capital and The Black Innovation Alliance.

Adaptation SME Accelerator Project (ASAP) is an accelerator program with The Lightsmith Group for SMEs and startups that are scaling solutions to critical climate adaptation and resilience challenges.

Adaptation SME Accelerator Project (ASAP) is an accelerator program with The Lightsmith Group for SMEs and startups that are scaling solutions to critical climate adaptation and resilience challenges.

Following IREX and Village Capital’s previous series of online trainings for the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship alumni, we launched YLAI Americas Accelerator, an accelerator program designed to empower emerging entrepreneurs. Meet the startups.

IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator is an investment-readiness program for startups leveraging highly sensitive data to improve access to digital, financial and healthcare services.

Village Capital, with support from Freddie Mac, PayPal and TIAA, is launching FinHealth US 2021, an accelerator program for early-stage startups in the United States contributing to the financial health and economic opportunity of everyday people and small business owners.

Village Capital, with support from MetLife Foundation in Brazil and Mexico and Moody’s, is launching Finance Forward Latin America 2021, the third iteration of the investment-readiness program for early-stage financial health startups in Latin America.

Future of Food LatAm is an investment readiness program for Latin American startups tackling the region’s most pressing challenges in the agritech and foodtech sectors, including: Increasing Access to Agricultural Finance and Infrastructure, Feeding a Growing Population, and Preventing Food Waste.

Village Capital, with the support of International Finance Corporation (IFC), launched an investment readiness program for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Turkey-based startups that are tackling the region’s most pressing sustainability challenges.

Our investment readiness accelerator, Future of Work India 2021, aims to support startups addressing the following challenges: Challenges faced by Learners, Challenges faced by Conventional Education Providers, Challenges Faced by Jobseekers, and Challenges faced by Employers.

Village Capital, with the support of IFC, launched Future of Work Africa 2021 – an accelerator supporting and scaling startups across Sub-Saharan Africa that help young people find jobs, build careers, and prepare for the future of work.

Finance Forward is a global collaboration to support financial health innovation, led by Village Capital, MetLife Foundation, and PayPal. For our Finance Forward: South East Asia 2021 bootcamp, we aim to support startups addressing financial health challenges for informal workers, SMEs and more.

Village Capital and the American Family Institute for Corporate and Social Impact are partnering on a project to investigate entrepreneurial solutions to challenges faced by individuals and families affected by the US justice system. Learn more.

The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation Innovation Fund's investment-readiness program (in collaboration with Village Capital) is for U.S.-based startups working to prevent, recover and recycle food waste.

Despite spending more on healthcare than any other country in the world, marginalized populations in the US face vastly inequitable health outcomes. Our accelerator with Johnson Impact Ventures will support innovations that are improving health equity.

IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator is an investment-readiness program for startups leveraging highly sensitive data to improve access to digital, financial and healthcare services.

The accelerator was a collaboration between Finance Forward Founding Partners Village Capital, MetLife Foundation, and PayPal, and Program Partners F6S and Impact Hub Berlin, supporting entrepreneurs building high-growth, scalable solutions to help low-income communities and/or small businesses build strong financial health outcomes.