Village Capital
VC Fund
Washington, United States
Village Capital is a VC fund in Washington focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Village Capital uses the power of peer support to change the traditional dynamics between investors and entrepreneurs, providing access to entrepreneurship for everyone. We recruit entrepreneurs solving specific problems in agriculture, energy, education, financial inclusion, and health. We then put the power of investment in the hands of theentrepreneurs, who award pre-committed seed funding to the two ventures ranked highest by the entrepreneurs at the end of every program. Our programs connect high potential, early-stage entrepreneurs with the people, institutions, and capital they need to succeed.We support early-stage ventures with a 501c3 nonprofit that operates training programs for founders, investors, and communities. We also manage a for-profit, managed investment fund that provides early-stage capital to top graduates of each program, as selected by their peers. Our unique peer-selection model received McKinsey/Harvard Business Review’s prestigious M-Prize for innovation in 2013, and we have supported more than 550 enterprises across 51 programs in 9 countries.Since 2009, Village Capital has supported more than 1,000 entrepreneurs through our programs and partnered with affiliated investment funds, including VilCap Investments, that have invested seed capital in more than 90 program graduates. Over the past 8 years, our program graduates have gone on to generate $61.5M in revenue, reach 8.5 million customers, and create over 11,500 jobs. 96% of our alumni would recommend our program to other entrepreneurs, and to date and 91% of our entrepreneurs are still in business.
- Total investments:
- 373
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 48%
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Industries Village Capital invests in
Stages Village Capital invests in
Countries Village Capital invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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| See all 13 contacts → | |||
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 85 (23%)
- FinTech 73 (20%)
- Software 57 (15%)
- Information Technology 54 (14%)
- Health Care 49 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 164 (44%)
- Non-equity Assistance 89 (24%)
- Grant 43 (12%)
- Pre-Seed 25 (7%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 13 (3%)
Country
- United States 137 (37%)
- India 28 (8%)
- Mexico 22 (6%)
- Nigeria 21 (6%)
- Kenya 17 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Karla Newendorp
Interim Director of Investments
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Interim Director of Investments | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Dahler Battle
Sourcing Associate, US Ventures
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Sourcing Associate, US Ventures | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Heather Matranga
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Jason Palmer
Board Chair
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Board Chair | Total investments: 16 | Find email | |
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Kavon Badie
Investment officer
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Investment officer | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
| See all 13 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Lenda is digital financial service solution enabling access to credit for MSMEs leveraging alternative data sources to qualify character and capacity in Nigeria.It’s a known fact access to finance is a major challenge for MSMEs with a $5trillion opportunity market across developing economies. According to reports from PWC and IFC, MSMEsaccount for about 84% of the jobs created in this region and about 50% of the GDP of the African economies. However without needed finance, most of them are likely to shut down within first 2-5 years. Today with our smart data algorithm, we leverage on data to evaluate character and capacity of every request thus removing focus on upfront collateral and cutting bottle necks associated to getting credits by MSMEs. We are not stopping there but also going a step further to provide micro savings, insurance, investment and pension soon for MSMEs. | $225K / Debt Financing / Sep 04, 2026 | ||
| With a population of over 1.2 billion and a market of huge magnitude, we have an opportunity of helping Agriculture industry through our technology. AirSmat was founded on the belief that data intelligence will shape the future. We provide cutting edge software solutions to many rapidly growing industries adopting data intelligence into dailyoperations and decision-making process. With drone and satellite as vehicles, we are helping to transform the way businesses collect, manage and interpret data. We help businesses unlock the power of drone and satellite data. With a different approach than existing solutions, our mission is to revolutionize Africa data intelligence landscape. Our flagship products are meant to help farmers and farm owners across Africa improve yields and productivity using the power of our AirSmat Artificial Intelligent (AAI) driven software. AirSmat is driving adoption of precision agriculture by providing consolidated smart farming data collection and analytics report for farming via our customer portal, SmatPortal which is helping to save on inefficient crop production operations as well as increase yield or mitigate harvest loss by applying location specific variable spraying application of nutrients and microorganisms considering biophysical parameters of soil and climate. Digital platform incorporates instant soil, weather and vegetation data monitoring powered by AI as well as online crop expert support. | $225K / Debt Financing / Sep 04, 2026 | ||
| Built. Africa has faith in the ability of small business entrepreneurs to build wealth, prosperity, and jobs for themselves, their families, and their communities. | Debt Financing / Jul 21, 2026 | ||
| SAYeTECH is a product and a service-oriented Limited Liability company that designs and builds smart agricultural machinery suited for African conditions and use. SAYeTECH is an entrepreneurial design, manufacturing and service provision company; for agricultural machines. SAYeTECH also provide fabrication training and computer-aided designservices to impact the manufacturing industry and organizations. | Debt Financing / Jul 21, 2026 | ||
| Grow For Me, is an Agricultural technology financing, aggregation, and trading platform. That enables anyone to participate in farming and commodities trading without getting their hands dirty. We also provide input financing and ready markets to farmers to increase their income. | Debt Financing / Jul 21, 2026 | ||
| WattAir is an Atlanta-based cleantech startup that manufactures modular, scalable atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) and air conditioning devices. | $25K / Grant / Jun 12, 2026 | ||
| Rivia is an asset-light healthcare chain that partners with existing clinics to improve their quality of service to patients. They offer their partners:1. Loans for infrastructure upgrades and inventory. 2. A hospital management system to simplify administrative tasks. 3. Support with customer acquisition and marketing. 4. Adherence to"Rivia Standards", a set of patient-centric quality guidelines. Overall, Rivia aims to provide a "modern healthcare experience" for patients in emerging markets. | $200K / Debt Financing / May 06, 2026 | ||
| VDL Fulfilment is an online retail fulfillment order platform that provides entire order logistics and management support. | $150K / Debt Financing / May 06, 2026 | ||
| Giving Credit is designed to meet the credit needs of financially excluded communities by rewarding and amplifying peer-to-peer lending. The web-based platform eases the process of negotiating and tracking peer loans, rewards users for participating in peer lending, builds mainstream credit by reporting peer loans to credit bureaus, and insurespeer lenders against loan loss. | $25K / Grant / Jul 22, 2025 | ||
| Imera is an AI-powered platform helping immigrants navigate life in the U.S. with personalized guidance, essential services, and community. | $25K / Grant / Jul 22, 2025 | ||
| See all 373 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Village Capital invest in?
Village Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Non-equity Assistance stage. Most of the 373 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Village Capital?
The team at Village Capital includes Karla Newendorp (Interim Director of Investments), Dahler Battle (Sourcing Associate, US Ventures) and Heather Matranga (Vice President), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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