Venture Building Program

Ennovate Ventures works with ambitious founders and digital entrepreneurs to build resilient and scalable innovations that are transforming economies. Venture Building Programme is our investment deal pipeline strategy that produces the most disruptive and scalable tech startups from across East Africa.

What we offer?

We fast track startup commercialization and investment readiness through our dedicated venture development support approach. The program offers 360 diagnostic analysis of startups and curates tailor-made capacity-building training, mentorship and market linkage, to quickly get them up to speed and prepare for investment to scale.

Building Investment-ready Startups

The Venture Building Programme is our investment deal pipeline strategy that produces the most disruptive and scalable tech startups from across East Africa

Program Components

Capacity Building TrainingThe venture building program offers founders need-based capacity building training, which covers core business growth areas such as business skills for the team, business model improvement, market commercialization, partnership for growth and financial modeling. Training is curated on a case-by-case basis to meet the needs of each startup.

Expert Mentorship Sessions

Expert mentors from relevant industries, VC and Angels network partners are the core of our program mentors that will support founders in navigating through the implementation of the key learnings. The mentorship sessions will enable founders to learn from the best minds and apply practical knowledge in building high-growth startups.

Investment Connection

Startups will be profiled to VCs and Angel networks for investment pipeline during the program. Investors will connect with the startups to start building investment relationships and help the startups get started with scaling their ventures. Founders will participate in Founders Series to explore funding opportunities.

Why Join the Venture Building Program?

• Get matched to active investors in your sector during the Founder Series.
• Work with industry experts and investors to quickly structure your business to scale and attract investments.
• Build commercial partnerships with other startups and corporates to expand your market reach.
• Get support in your fundraising journey until you get funded.

Who We are Looking For

• Founders’ Team
  Founders with at least 3+ years of domain experience  and  willing to participate in our founders school. 2 or more full time founders.

• Startup Stage
  Post-revenue, with verifiable traction to show business viability. Mostly pre-seed to seed-stage companies with high growth potential.

• Sector of Focus
  Fintech, Agritech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Climate & Cleantech, Healthtech, Edtech, Insurtech, E-commerce,  and Foodtech.