Village Global

Village Global is an early-stage venture capital firm that describes itself as backed by successful entrepreneurs. Its pitch to start-ups is access to people and advice as well as funding.

What Village Global offers

• Early-stage investment — the firm often backs founders when they are still at the idea stage.
• Hands-on mentors — founders describe a group of active mentors and a helpful team.
• Introductions — founders credit the firm with helping them hire a co-founder, reach sales leads and meet investors for their next round.
• Network building — support for founders looking to develop contacts in San Francisco.

Who it works with

The firm's site shares testimonials from founders who say Village Global was their first institutional investor or took a chance on them very early. It does not list a specific sector on the page held here.

Key facts

• Stage: early stage
• Backers: funded by established entrepreneurs, according to its own description