My Venture Fund has been using Village as part of the beta cohort and the tool looks and functions great ever since. The Village team did a great job in onboarding our investment team and portfolio founders and has been always available when needed. Our portfolio company founders found value in VC intro's and searching for potential clients in the Village platform.
Village has been a crucial tool for our fundraise as it allows us to reach our extended community's network that would have previously not been available through a tool like LinkedIn
Village helped dramatically cut down my time searching for the right introductions. It is a game-changer, and the first VC / network intro tool that actually does what it says!
Village was a game-changer for me. It opened doors to VCs I didnāt even realize were in my circle. Thanks to these connections, Flypp locked in a solid $10m for our Series A.
We made it a point to be very intentional about how we help portfolio founders. So we ask our community for advice or connections when it matters and we are growing our capabilities to ask better. Previously we used LinkedIn to find mutual connections. But most connections there are not warm enough. In the past quarter, we looked at everything we could get our hands on: Bridge, Cabal, LinkedIn's native engines, Atlas by Hunt Club, Affinity, Attio, Swarm, Folk, Clay, Dex, Intently 2.0, Pearch vs building in-house.
Thatās why weāre so excited to partner with Village. With Village, we can see who you really know and how strong those connections are.Village combines data from LinekdIn, Google Calendar, and email to create a single, up-to-date database of our collective 2nd-degree connections. Itās easy to useā just install a browser extension, and it keeps everything updated automatically.
I've been using Village since August 2022 and can't recommend it enough. The team is awesome and the product is unmatched if you're trying to figure out how to leverage your network. I went from zero to a funded startup thanks to Village.
As a former founder and now an active partner in the startup realm, having access to the right connections is transformative to a startup's trajectory. Before Village, our founders were largely dependent on our investment team's introductions. With Village, they not only can leverage our expansive network more efficiently but also delve into other founders' networks, multiplying their opportunities exponentially
While most of our movement at Activepieces is in inbound, in the times I needed to reach out to potential partners, Village made it much faster and efficient. In fact, I think it made it possible as the chances of getting replies were too low without proper intros.I thought LinkedIn was supposed to do this linking but it turns out that Village is needed!
We've been an early user for helping us uncover introduction paths in our network. The team has been iterating rapidly and creating value for us. Happy user here! :)
Before Village, networking felt like navigating a maze without a map. I am blown away by how many real warm intros and potential opportunities through 1517's portfolio were hidden right under my nose. Any VC not integrating Village into their networking strategy is undoubtedly overlooking hidden goldmines within their own portfolio.
