We lead or participate in pre-seed and seed rounds

We like to be your first investor. We invest pre-revenue across categories and geographies. We're comfortable leading or participating with a typical first check of $250k - $1.5 million.

We’re Founder-Driven Investors

At Village Global, we let founders predict the future. Our network supports relentless entrepreneurs and their passions for changing the world – wherever those passions lead them.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT

Santiago Suarez Vallejo

Addi
Santiago Suarez Vallejo is co-founder and CEO at Addi. Addi is building credit and banking solutions for Latin Americans, offering consumers the opportunity to purchase goods they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford. Santiago saw the tremendous growth happening in Latin America and returned to his home country, Colombia, to see if he could bring some much needed financial services to transform how credit is offered in retail stores.
Julia Enthoven
FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT

Julia Enthoven

Kapwing
Julia Enthoven is co-founder and CEO at Kapwing, a creative software company that is enabling fun digital storytelling. They believe that producing videos should be an intuitive and accessible task, not a full-time profession. They are giving people the tools, content, and inspiration they need to express a creative vision in video.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

PromisePay
Phaedra founded PromisePay, which helps people struggling to pay their bills by working with government agencies to provide more forgiving terms on fees and debts. They have created a payments portal that integrates with official government systems, helping governments and organizations collect unpaid bills in a way that is fairer and cheaper for citizens.
Jerry Ting
FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT

Jerry Ting

Evisort
Jerry Ting is co-founder and CEO at Evisort, which is using AI to compile, analyze and manage contracts–from drafting to signing and fulfillment–without human supervision. They envision their AI-driven technology becoming an operating system for companies and legal departments, which will help companies speed up contracting and reduce costs. They have over 150 customers and have raised over $150M in funding.

Join Village and build faster — then raise more money later

When you join Village Global, you become part of an incredible network. By connecting with exceptional peers and experts, you speed up learning and growth:

  • Access a braintrust of hundreds of other founders working on similar challenges
  • Get help from experts on hiring early employees, landing your first customers, and getting to product-market-fit
  • Leverage white-glove support, intros, and back channeling when raising your next round of funding from top Silicon Valley VCs

Village supercharges you to go from zero to one as quickly as possible.
Ben Casnocha with a founder

Form game-changing connections with the best in tech

When you’re ready, we’ll get you in the right room when it matters most.
Bill Gates meets with Jo Varshney
Reid Hoffman office hours with founders
Sara Blakely speaking to a founder and Anne Dwane

We Are Geography and Sector Agnostic

We back entrepreneurs, at the earliest possible stage, who are using software and  IT to transform global industries. We're based in Silicon Valley, but there are Villagers around the world, working on startups in digital health, fintech, SaaS, consumer internet, and many other categories.

FAQs

  • Village Global invests across a wide variety of sectors and industries.
  • We are often "first believers" in a founder, investing at pre-seed and seed stage.
  • We typically invest around $500k in a round. This can vary with company and stage.
  • We prefer to own around 5% of a company after our investment.
  • We don't take board seats.
  • We always help founders with introductions to future investors in later rounds.
  • We sometimes lead rounds but are happy to co-invest with other great venture firms.
  • It's never too early to approach Village Global about funding your startup.
  • We look for amazing founders working on huge ideas. We understand that businesses pivot — we're more focused on the team than the idea.
  • When we have strong conviction in a founding team, we move fast to prosecute the deal and wire funds to founders.
  • We invest in companies from around the world, though we do prefer that companies incorporate as a Delaware C Corp.

FAQs

Is it ever too early to pitch Village Global on investment?

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No. We’re happy to be your first investor, pre-traction and pre-revenue. Even if you just have an idea and no formal company yet – drop us a line.

I’ve already raised money from angels. Should I still pitch Village?

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Yes.

Do you lead rounds? What’s your typical check size?

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We can lead or participate, depending on the round dynamics. Our typical check size ranges from $250k - $1.5M in pre-seed and seed rounds.

I’m not based in Silicon Valley, or even in the U.S. Will you still invest in my startup?

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Yes. We invest around the world.

Do you take board seats?

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We typically do not take board seats but we take it case-by-case.

Who on the Village team should I get in touch with to pitch my startup?

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The best way to get in touch is to gain an introduction to someone on the HQ team or one of our Network Leaders. Feel free to reach out at hello@villageglobal.vc or submit your startup using our form.

Who are “Village Network Leaders”?

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They are independent angel investors we work closely with. They frequently bring domain-specific expertise to the Village network.

How involved are the luminaries?

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The luminary LPs who back Village Global meet with breakout portfolio companies and sometimes directly invest in later rounds. Each luminary’s particular style of engagement varies. We’re honored to have their support.

What do you look for in the founders you back?

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Vision. Grit. Strong product or technical orientation. An ability to recruit a team. And much more!

What’s your investment process like? How long does it take?

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It depends. We sometimes get to know founders over a period of months before investing. Other times, we’ve invested just a few days after taking an initial meeting. We can move as fast as your process demands. A typical pre-seed or seed round process will take 2-3 weeks from initial intro to investment decision.

Will Village support me in future fundraising rounds?

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Yes. We help you raise a quality seed or Series A round from top Silicon Valley venture firms. We sometimes participate in those successive rounds as well from our fund.

I love being an entrepreneur and I love supporting fellow entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is the backbone of our country, and especially as a woman, I’m grateful for the opportunities. I’m excited to be part of Village.

Sara Blakely
Sara Blakely
Village Global Fund Investor

I think Village's innovative structure as a seed fund will lead to many interesting teams securing their first round of funding, and will improve the quality and quantity of companies that connect with major venture firms for their series A rounds and beyond. Village has many great LPs supporting the fund, and I am happy to be one.

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Mike Bloomberg
Village Global Fund Investor

I believe leadership is a privilege and I work every day to become a better leader. I love sharing the lessons I've learned in my own journey, and look forward to doing so with entrepreneurs and technologists in the Village network.

Ken Chenault
Ken Chenault
Village Global Fund Investor

Are you an amazing entrepreneur working on a big idea?