**Program Benefits**

- **Financial Analysis**
Receive one-on-one coaching with an investment analyst to develop a comprehensive financial model and narrative for your business.

- **Grant Capital**
Two startups, selected by their peers, will be awarded $25K in grant capital to help scale their solutions.

- **Mentorship and Networking**
Gain access to networking opportunities and mentorship from investors, strategic partners, fellow founders, and industry leaders.

- **Milestone Development Plan**
Develop a customized plan for reaching key milestones in investment readiness, business growth, and impact, using Abaca, VilCap’s online milestone tracking tool.

- **Peer-to-Peer Learning and Evaluation**
Participate in Village Capital’s unique approach to shifting investment power dynamics by involving entrepreneurs in the due diligence process, allowing for peer-driven evaluation.

**Eligibility Requirements for Startups**

To be eligible, startups must:

- Be a legally registered, for-profit business based in the US, with fewer than ten employees.
- Be led by at least one full-time founder who identifies as a woman, including cisgender, transgender, and non-binary individuals.
- Be generating revenue, with annual earnings of less than $100K.
- Demonstrate meaningful customer or business validation, which may include revenue, successful pilot programs, user base, or strategic partnerships.
- Have a minimum viable product (MVP) and have raised less than $1.5M in equity.
- Be tech-based or tech-enabled, addressing one or more of the following areas related to economic mobility and access to essential services:

- Improving access to affordable, high-quality healthcare, wellness resources, and essential medicines.
- Empowering care workers with tools and connections to provide better quality and more accessible care.
- Strengthening and expanding community-integrated solutions.
- Innovating in education to enhance access and quality.
- Increasing accessibility to essential services for marginalized and under-resourced communities.
- Reducing barriers to employment and career growth through new pathways, training, upskilling, and professional network-building.
- Supporting financial literacy and resilience, while improving access to essential financial services for individuals, families, and underserved communities.
- Advancing economic mobility for low-income or underserved communities by facilitating career progression, homeownership, and savings or investment opportunities.
- Creating access to essential services that drive economic opportunity.