Deadline: 3-Jan-22
Visa Foundation and Village Capital are excited to announce the Greentech Europe 2022 initiative – a new project dedicated to supporting gender diverse ventures creating sustainable economic, environmental and social solutions across Europe.
The program will work alongside local organizations to source and support 30 early-stage, small and medium businesses (SMBs), providing them with timely training, expert advice, network support, and funding to allow them to thrive – and in turn help close the gender financing and resource gap in the region.
Funding Information
- 2 cohorts where 30 startups will be selected to receive in-depth support via Village Capital’s award-winning training curriculum
- 50 startups selected to participate in a guided investment-readiness training through their online, self-paced business development curriculum, which will be delivered simultaneously with the accelerator programs
- $300,000 in grant funding for a subset of cohort companies in the accelerator programs will be eligible to receive grant funding of up to $75,000. This funding will be directed through peer-selection – a unique process has been proven to result in investment decisions that lead to a more diverse portfolio
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible startups must have:
- For-profit market-based solution that tackles a sustainability challenge in Europe, especially Southern Europe
- Operations in or have the ability to expand business to the EMEAA or European market
- Have a minimum viable product (MVP), and raised less than $3M in equity
- Have at least one full-time founder based in EMEAA or Europe, and Co-Founders to have 50%+ female representation or more than 25% of senior leadership team to be female
- Have meaningful customer or business validation (not limited to revenue, can also be successful pilot studies, number of users, and/or strategic partnerships)
For more information, visit https://vilcap.com/current-programs/greentech-europe-2022