Build a Venture-Backed Company.
Without the Day-One Grind.
The Enterprise Village EIR Program is your unfair advantage. We validate the idea, build the product, and fund the journey. You step into the CEO seat and scale it.
Applications close in 30 days. Limited to 3-5 Founders.
The Old Way is Broken
Starting a company usually means building in the dark. You guess what the market wants, scrape together cash, and hope you survive long enough to find product-market fit.
The EV Way
We are a venture studio that engineers startups from the inside out. We identify massive, multi-million dollar problems across 5 strategic pillars. We validate them.
Then, we recruit top-tier talent—you—to step into the CEO seat and scale them.
How It Works
Your fast-track from operator to funded founder.
We Hand You the Blueprint
You won't be brainstorming on a whiteboard. You will choose from one of our 5 deeply researched problem briefs—like digitizing AfCFTA customs documentation or closing the last-mile agri-finance gap.
We Give You the Engine
You don't need to hunt for a technical co-founder. You get immediate access to our Elite Product Engine—a dedicated squad of top-tier developers, designers, and product managers ready to build your MVP.
We Fund the Journey
Forget the friends-and-family round. You get a stipend, a dedicated workspace at EV, and immediate access to pre-seed capital the moment you hit your first milestones.
Who We Are Looking For
We are selecting just 3 to 5 Founders-in-Residence.
We don't care about "idea people." We care about operators.
Track Record of Execution
You have a track record of getting things done. You might be a former founder, a senior product manager, or a growth leader.
Decisive & Adaptable
You are decisive, aggressive, and highly adaptable in moving fast and iterating through challenges.
Desire for an Unfair Advantage
You want to own a company, but you want an unfair advantage from day one instead of starting entirely from scratch.