Description It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes venture capital from Village Ventures to build a company. Seeking investments beyond the VC hotbeds of San Francisco and Boston, the company focuses on early- and seed-stage enterprises in the consumer, media, and financial and business services sectors. Though it often invests alongside other VC firms, Village Ventures prefers to take at least a 20% stake in its portfolio companies. An active investor that provides guidance and support to its holdings, the company has more than $175 million under management. Managing general partners Bo Peabody (founder of social networking pioneer Tripod) and Matt Harris founded Village Ventures in 2000.