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Village Global Network Leader Program
Village Global Network Leader Program is Village Global's scout program offering a unique opportunity for leaders to engage with emerging founders.
- Application state
- Accepting
Overview
What Village Global Network Leader Program offers
What Village Global Network Leader Program is
Village Global is a network-driven, early-stage venture capital firm backed by world-class entrepreneurs including Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Abby Johnson, Michael Dell, and Anne Wojcicki. The firm emphasizes a distributed scouting model where Network Leaders play a central role in deal sourcing and portfolio support. Network Leaders are responsible for sourcing promising founders, conducting initial conversations, providing introductions, and supporting portfolio companies.
Operational profile
Program status and context
Program status describes the program itself. Application availability and deadlines remain separate.
- Operational status
- Active
- Program type
- Scout Program
- Host organization
- Village Global
- Last reviewed
- March 16, 2026
What Scout program means
A scout program is a structured venture-capital program that recruits external people to help a fund discover, refer, evaluate, or sometimes invest in early-stage startups.
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Published program terms
- Investment
- $500,000,000
- Price
- Unknown
- Compensation
- Carry Share
Compensation and economics
Network Leaders can benefit from direct economic upside participation, share in returns from sourced investments, carry allocation on successful exits, and early access to deal flow.
Focus and fit
Who the program is for
Program thesis
Village Global focuses on empowering a decentralized network of leaders to identify and support emerging founders, particularly in underrepresented ecosystems. The program aims to leverage the collective expertise and networks of its leaders to enhance deal sourcing and portfolio support.
Eligibility
Candidates should have demonstrated entrepreneurial or investment experience, strong founder relationships, a commitment to deploying capital, strategic thinking about emerging companies, and time availability for regular engagement.
Selection approach
Village Global accepts applications from potential Network Leaders through a formal application portal or warm introductions from existing network members, requiring a demonstrated track record of founder engagement.
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- Global
- Audience
- Founders · Investors
Format and cadence
How participation works
- Presence
- Remote
- Main location
- U.S.
- Engagement
- Part Time
Delivery model
The program operates remotely, allowing Network Leaders to engage with founders globally.
Participation expectations
The engagement is part-time, allowing Network Leaders to balance their responsibilities with other commitments.
Availability and engagement
Application timing and route
- Application state
- Accepting
- Admissions
- Open
Published timeline
The program operates on a continuous basis, with no specified duration for engagement.
Value and support
What participation may provide
Publicly described support is context, not a guarantee of current delivery or future benefit.
What participants may receive
Participants gain access to a global network, opportunities to support emerging founders, and potential financial returns from successful investments.
Common questions
Program details at a glance
Village Global Network Leader Program is published in Upseed as a scout program program hosted by Village Global. Upseed treats the Program and its host Organization as separate records so each can have its own status and sources.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 16, 2026
Known limits
Terms, deadlines, and application states can change. Confirm current details at the published destination before acting. Upseed does not yet classify every Program destination as official.
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