Applications for the Global Launch of VilCap Communities are now closed.

We received an incredible response for the launch of our VilCap Communities Global program --  over 70 applications completed applications from nearly 30 different countries! We will announce the inaugural cohort of VilCap Communities Global soon! 

Building a Worldwide Community of Partners

Since we believe that entrepreneurship happens in communities, we will pilot VilCap Communities not with a series of one-off programs, but with a group of ecosystem leaders. Over searched the globe to find an elite cohort of top leaders supporting companies solving major problems in emerging markets. From February 16-19, we’ll fly all of them to Amsterdam for a four-day, all-expenses-paid workshop, in which we will:

• Convene ecosystem leaders who are building great programs for entrepreneurs solving real-world problems. Much like entrepreneurs need a community, ecosystem leaders function better in a community as well;
• Communicate best practices from our programs—and others worldwide: With partners, we have run 45 programs for startups worldwide, and in partnership with the GALI initiative, we have begun to identify best practices in startup support most statistically linked with better entrepreneur outcomes. We will share knowledge, playbooks, and more;
• Enable peer-selected investment—We have found peer-selected investment to be a more equitable and cost-effective method of seed-stage investing—and we will use this workshop to spread the model globally by helping investors worldwide use our model in the sectors and geographies they care about most.

And there’s one more thing: at the end of the workshop, two peer-selected participants will receive $25,000 each in unrestricted funding from The DOEN Foundation.

Want to participate, but based in the United States? Applications are now open! Please visit the U.S. program. 

Application Deadlines and Requirements

Applications are now closed. Selected participants will be notified by January 8, 2016.

Requirements to apply include:

• You run, or plan to run, a program for entrepreneurs who are making a positive impact on a community, region, and/or a sector.
• You are eager to invest in entrepreneurs using a peer review model (while having secured investment dollars for entrepreneurs will help, it is not a requirement).

Why JOIN OUR COMMUNITY?

• Access to a global network of investors using peer selection to build robust communities of entrepreneurship.

• Free attendance (including travel expenses) at a four-day training session in Salt Lake City (US-based partners) or Amsterdam (international partners) to learn best practices in entrepreneur support from global experts.

• First access to Village Capital’s new program management tools and peer selection model.

• A chance to receive $25,000 in unrestricted funding for your entrepreneur training program.

• Opportunity to share best practices in entrepreneur mentorship and investment with like-minded investors.