Village 10x your sales, fundraising, and hiring workflows with relationship intelligence.

What is Village?

Village operates as a social capital platform, leveraging relationship intelligence to effectively map and analyze professional networks. It connects data from various public sources, including over 700 million professional profiles and 30 million company records, with private data sources like Google Contacts, Google Calendar, and LinkedIn connections, requiring user permission for access. The core function of Village is to identify the most effective introduction paths to specific individuals or companies, utilizing a proprietary AI scoring model to assess connection strength.

This platform is designed to enhance workflows for sales teams, founders seeking funding, and recruiters searching for talent. By providing detailed persona searches and visualizing connection pathways, Village helps users identify warm introductions within their extended network. Furthermore, Village offers an API platform, enabling businesses to integrate its relationship intelligence capabilities directly into their existing CRM systems, directories, or marketplace applications, thereby enriching user data and potentially increasing outbound success rates.

Features

Network Mapping: Maps team connections using public (700M+ profiles, 30M+ companies) and private (Google Contacts, Calendar, LinkedIn) data sources.
Relationship Intelligence: Identifies optimal introduction paths based on connection strength analysis.
AI Scoring: Employs a proprietary model (Person Rank) to evaluate the strength of relationships.
Extensive Search: Allows detailed persona searches across its vast database of profiles and companies.
Investor Network Access: Leverages pre-mapped connections within 14k+ VC portfolio networks.
Team Collaboration: Enables users to invite colleagues to expand the collective network reach.
Community Building: Facilitates the creation of private groups for network sharing and support.
API & CRM Integration: Offers an API to embed relationship intelligence into external platforms.
Privacy Controls: Provides users with options to manage their data and privacy.
Bulk Import: Supports efficient importing of contact data.

Use Cases

Identifying warm sales leads through existing network connections.
Discovering introduction paths to venture capitalists and angel investors for fundraising.
Sourcing qualified candidates for recruitment via team and extended network referrals.
Enriching CRM records with relationship context and introduction pathways.
Powering community platforms or marketplaces with network intelligence features.
Mapping and leveraging VC portfolio company networks for strategic introductions.
Facilitating targeted introductions within professional teams or private groups.

FAQs

What data points does Village use to find relationships?

Village utilizes both public data (including 700M+ professional profiles, 30M+ company info, and funding round data) and private data sources (with user permission from LinkedIn, Google Contacts, and Google Calendar) to map relationships using its proprietary Person Rank model.
How does Village process my data?

Village requests the minimum data required for your use case and generally deletes raw data unless needed for security or user experience. Users can request account deletion or delisting from the graph via provided links.
How can I integrate Village into my workflow?

Integration is possible through native CRM connections, Zapier, or the API (contact Village for access). Additionally, a browser extension overlays relationship insights onto various web applications.
Does Village partner with VCs?

Yes, Village partners with over 60 VCs, offering special perks for their founders. VCs interested in partnering can apply directly.