The Village Collective

What The Village Collective does

The Village Collective is a New York City-based community organization that supports underrepresented startup founders of color, primarily in the technology sector. Founded in 2017 following a breakfast gathering of approximately 20 founders, the organization provides skills training, programming, and networking opportunities through recurring events including investor AMAs (e.g., Samsung NEXT, Backstage Capital, WISE Ventures, ffVC), accelerator and Series A fundraising sessions (with Techstars and The Fund), panel discussions on diversity in tech, and topic-focused roundtables such as a session on the "No-Code" Movement hosted with Bubble. Its mission is framed around the "it takes a village" philosophy, pooling resources from community sponsors and supporters to address gaps in capital access, mentorship, and peer networks for its target founders.

The organization's product surface is non-commercial: it operates as a single community offering rather than a software or SaaS product. Distribution is direct, via in-person events in the Northeast US and digital channels including a newsletter, a website (thevillagecollective.org), and social profiles on Twitter (@thevillagecoll) and LinkedIn. There is no disclosed pricing, no paid membership tier, no app, and no proprietary technology platform; "Bubble" appears in the data only as a co-host partner for a no-code roundtable, not as a technology stack dependency.

The business model is sponsorship- and community-supported rather than revenue-generating in a conventional sense. The entity is private, independently operated, and shows no evidence of institutional investment, parent company ownership, or public listing. With 12 employees and no disclosed funding rounds, revenue, or membership count, the organization's financial scale and growth trajectory are not observable from public data; recurring event programming and active web/social presence indicate continued operation rather than a quantifiable growth rate.

Name

The Village Collective

Legal name

The Village Collective

Website

https://thevillagecollective.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Village Collective is a New York City-based community organization that empowers underrepresented startup founders of color through networking events, investor AMAs, skills training, and roundtable programming supported by community sponsors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Startup Founder Community & Networking

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Startup founder community
• Founder networking events
• Skills training programs
• Diversity in tech
• Startup mentorship

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Village Collective is a community organization that empowers underrepresented startup founders of color through dedicated skills training, thought-provoking programming, and value-additive networking. It delivers programming via curated in-person events in New York — including breakfast roundtables, investor AMAs, panel discussions, and sales training sessions — supplemented by a newsletter and social channels. The model relies on pooling resources from community sponsors and supporters to provide access to investors, mentorship, and shared tools and insights among members.

Product overview

The Village Collective is a community organization rather than a commercial software product. It operates as a single unified offering — a community platform that provides skills training, thought-provoking programming, and networking opportunities for underrepresented startup founders of color. The organization runs events (such as AMAs with investors, roundtable discussions, and panel events), offers a newsletter subscription service, and facilitates connections through its online community. There are no separate commercial software products, modules, or SaaS offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Village Collective Community A community platform providing networking opportunities, skills training, and programming for underrepresented startup founders of color through curated in-person events including breakfast roundtables, investor AMAs, panel discussions, and sales training sessions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BubbleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology platform partner hosting Village Collective Breakfast roundtable discussion on the 'No-Code' Movement.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thevillagecoll
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thevillagecollective-nyc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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