Question 1

What is the purpose of community and network building?

Accepted Answer

To scale the impact of incubators across the world through a collaborative network that deploys proven resources and leverages partnerships. Build a collaborative community of impact incubators.

Question 2

Are there multiple levels of membership available?

Accepted Answer

There are two levels of membership: Community Membership Network Membership

Question 3

What are the offerings of each level of membership?

Accepted Answer

Enquire here

Question 4

How do I  benefit from the membership?

Accepted Answer

Knowledge Experiential: Villgro has, over 20 years of experience, developed specific competencies in: incubating social enterprises for BoP impact and a refined incubation process for early stage enterprises, and process knowledge in technology, business acumen, investing Contextual: Villgro has competency in aspects of funding, projects, advisory, expertise, service providers   Tools and Process aids Benefit from Villgro’s knowledge assets that improve efficiency and effectiveness of incubation.   Mentoring Receive guidance, advise and insights through targeted mentoring by practice leads   Funding Opportunities to partner with Villgro and network members through joint funding on future projects   Network Forum Across geographies and sectors that Villgro and it’s network members operate in, forum facilitates Access to service providers for technical assistance across the network Market access through member incubator networks Sourcing and hiring talent for specific roles in a collaborative and transparent manner

Question 5

Who will mentor the members and how?

Accepted Answer

Our Villgro-hub leaders, who have significant experience in leading / launching impact incubators will mentor incubator members.     The engagement will happen over regular virtual sessions.

Question 6

What is the cost of membership?

Accepted Answer

Community Membership is FREE for social impact incubators Please write to us for the cost of Network Membership

Question 7

Who can apply to be a Villgro Community or Villgro Impact Network (V.I.N) member?

Accepted Answer

Incubators / Accelerators with a mission to support impact oriented social enterprises and its active staff.

Question 8

Is there a selection criteria that Villgro has to admit members into V.I.N?

Accepted Answer

Ability to commit to V.I.N Charter - mainly the goal of social impact Alignment in organizational goals:  supporting SEs with market driven models aiming for social impact in regions that are of interest to Villgro’s expansion

Question 9

When does the next V.I.N cohort begin? How do I apply?

Accepted Answer

Cohorts are formed on a rolling basis. You can apply here

Question 10

How will the training be conducted for V.I.N members?

Accepted Answer

The training will be conducted online via virtual sessions.

Question 11

What is the commitment needed from me (the incubator) after becoming a Villgro Impact Network member?

Accepted Answer

Commitment to the fundamental goal of social impact Ability to participate in the training and peer learning sessions Share performance data to hep measure effectiveness of incubator Open to future partnerships with Villgro

Question 12

Is there a V.I.N charter you can share?

Accepted Answer

V.I.N Members Charter:   Members of V.I.N strive towards excellence in our chosen mission. Members are aligned to this global goal, this single and unified purpose, of positively impacting lives at the base of the pyramid. Members want to achieve this goal through innovation and entrepreneurship.   To realize this goal, members will incubate innovative entrepreneurs. In this shared effort of achieving this, members are coming together and will grow together.   Members commit that they will: execute best global practices in incubation participate in periodic reviews to become the best in what they do be impact focussed and commit to measure and report on impact annually generously share knowledge & learn from each other share networks and become powerful as a collective together inspire the best minds to work on incubation strive for inclusion and diversity, in teams, boards, incubatees they serve be climate responsible be fair, ethical, empathetic and demonstrate high integrity in their actions collectively represent the voice of the incubator community at the global level and have our voice heard

Question 13

Do I need to adapt Villgro's methodology in order to be a network member?

Accepted Answer

No. As part of the peer learning and training sessions, Villgro is only sharing the best practices / proven processes with it’s network members. It is totally up to the member incubator to adapt some / all /none of the practices / processes.

Question 14

What kind of partnership opportunities are there?

Accepted Answer

Implement a project together with Villgro, where member is a regional partner bringing an understanding of the local ecosystem Co-investments in portfolio companies In some cases, member incubator can choose to become a local franchise partner of Villgro

Question 15

How many team members from my incubator can join the training/peer learning sessions?

Accepted Answer

At this time, we welcome upto 3 key members of the incubator team to participate in the virtual sessions.  We offer custom trainings if more than 5 members per incubator are interested.

Question 16

Will Villgro USA grant funds to its members?

Accepted Answer

This is in the works.   In the near future Villgro USA plans to support its members through multiple avenues: a capacity-building grant for scaling, short-term credit for SE's of its members and eventually direct investment into the incubators (or their funds) through a 'fund of incubators'. Stay tuned for more details.

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