2021 VC4A Venture Showcase – Seed

• Your company is for-profit, registered as an independent legal entity with less than 3 years in operation;
• Your company has a product or service already available on the market and serving its first customers;
• Your product or service is clearly innovative and/or the business model is new and disruptive;
• Your business model scalability 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 > 1M+ people/year with potential plans to expand across borders;
• You have a strong management team of at least 2 people;
• Your team is based in one or more countries on the African continent;
• At least one of the founders has an African nationality;
• You are seeking Seed/pre-Series A investment in the range of $250K to $1,5M*;
• 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 $1,5M – $10M? Consider applying to the 2021 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A. Deadline July 24th.

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. Management team members have complementary expertise.

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.

If you are selected for the Showcase, you are expected to:

• Engage with assigned mentors (partner VC 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 VC investors in the period of October – November 2020 and be part of the VC4A Venture Showcase and the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit. 

“Following my time as a mentor to Kais for the VC4A Venture Showcase Series A, we have concluded a transaction, and Newtown Partners is now an investor in Fulfilment Bridge. After I had spent a few thoroughly enjoyable weeks working with Kais, I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity not to invest myself.”

, Newtown Partners

“Newtown Partners was our lead investor and the first to join our pre-series A round. I would add that this relationship/transaction went 100% online from the beginning of the mentorship program until we closed the deal. I wanted to thank you guys for the opportunity knowing this was a direct result of the VC4A exposure and mentorship program. Thanks again for your support and proud to be VC4A alumni.”

Kais Khadhraoui, Fulfillment Bridge

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