2019 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A for high-growth African Startups (All expenses paid trip to Cape Town, South Africa)

Application Deadline: July 31st 2019

VC4A is looking for 10 innovative, high-growth scale-ups to showcase at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit on Nov 13-14 in Cape Town. Are you operating in Africa, generating revenue and looking to raise your Series A round in the range of $250K and $5M? This is the opportunity you’ve been looking for!

In 2017-2018, we showcased 30 scale-ups from across the continent as part of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit, resulting in a number of Series A deals totaling over $15M. Building on this success, the ‘VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A’ is now a central component of our annual Summit. This is an exclusive opportunity to introduce your company at once to everyone who’s anyone in Africa’s early-stage investment space.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Your company is for-profit and registered as an independent legal entity;
• You have a product or service available on the market and generate revenue;
• Your product or service is clearly innovative and/or your business model is new, disruptive and designed for scale;
• You have a very strong management team of at least 3 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 Series A investment in the range of $250K – $5M;
• While there will be exceptions, most likely your startup has already received external investment, structured as either debt or equity, or received grants from donor organizations.

Benefits:

• All-expenses-paid trip to Cape Town on Nov 10-16, 2019
• 3 min pitch in front of 300+ investors at the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit
• 30 min deep-dive session with investors in a private room
• Two days of networking with investors, including Speaker Cocktail and Industry Leaders dinner
• Mentorship and pitch training by partner VC investors
• Opportunity to attend and pitch at partner event AfricaCom

TIMELINE

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2019 VC4A Venture Showcase