2020 VC4A Venture Showcase – Seed

• Being recognized as 2020 VC4A Venture Showcase entrepreneur
• Participation in the VC4A Venture Showcase deal room, including 150+ early-stage investor organizations
• Professional edited 3 minute virtual pitch
• 30 min deep-dive session with investors in a private room
• Mentorship and pitch training by partner early-stage investors
• AWS Activate offers selected cohort AWS credits worth $10,000, tools, resources, and more to quickly get started on AWS.
• Joining the alumni network and having exclusive access to fundraising opportunities

• Your company is for-profit, registered as an independent legal entity with less than 3 years of customer service operations;
• Your company has a product or service already available on the market and serving its first customers;
• Your highly scalable business model is visible through a growing number of customers or transactions, your pipeline shows future contracts and potential sales;
• You have a good estimate of your addressable market and potential social impact reach > 1M+ people/year with potential plans to expand across borders;
• Your product or service is clearly innovative and/or the business model is new and disruptive;
• Your founding team has 2+ years of time invested and at least one of the co-founders is based on the African continent with an African nationality;
• You are seeking Seed/pre-Series A investment in the range of $150K to $1M*;
• While there will be exceptions, your company has received investment above 25K USD from “Founder, Family, Friends & Fans” but not exceeding 1M+ USD;
• Founder(s) who previously started a successful company is a plus.

*Are you raising your Series A Round in between $500K – $10M? Consider applying to the 2020 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A. Deadline August 14th.

Commercial Value of your Product/Service (25%)

Your company addresses a real problem in the market. Your product or service is different from others in the industry. Your business model is new and designed for scale.

Strategy for Growth (25%)

The market size is significant and there is potential to expand locally and into new markets. Your startup is scalable and has a clear strategy for growth. You can show demonstrable progress.

Management Team (25%)

Your team has the qualifications needed to make the business successful.

Market Traction & Financials (25%)

We will evaluate your market traction, revenue streams, and unit economics. If any outside funding has been raised before, it’s a plus.

• Engage with assigned mentors (partner early-stage investors) and VC4A team to prepare your 3-minute and 20-minute presentations, as well as 2-pagers with investor data as part of the deal book;
• Be prepared to pitch and engage with early-stage investors in the period of November – December 2020 and be part of the VC4A Venture Showcase.

In addition to the list of selected ventures we make the top 70 shortlisted ventures curated by investors available to all VC4A Pro account users below.