Tag: Village Capital

Village Capital, an organisation dedicated to supporting innovative ventures, has announced an investment of $150k in two women-led startups, Rhea Soil Health Management and Regxta, through Standard Chartered’s Women in Tech Financing Facility, according to a report from TechAfrica News.

Village Capital has named the 32 startups, which span Africa, Asia and the Middle East, which have been selected to join its Financial Solutions for Migrants program.

A trio of FinTech companies have been selected to receive equity-free grants as part of Village Capital Finance Forward Latin America 2021, an investment-readiness program.

TCARE, which claims to be the only evidence-based, CMS 1115 approved and accredited family caregiver support platform, has netted $3m in funding.

Two startups selected as part of the Village Capital, PayPal and MetLife Foundation-run Finance Forward US 2019 accelerator programme have filled their coffers with additional investment just as the programme drew to a close.

It is common knowledge Latin America is an emerging market, but with FinTech itself being a new ecosystem, it begs the question if the region’s sector is ripe for its adoption.

Nigeria-based Piggybank.ng has raised a $1.1m seed round led by LeadPath Nigeria founder Olumide Soyombo.

Village Capital and PayPal have chosen 12 startups to take part in their first FinTech accelerator in Sub-Saharan Africa.