‘VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A’ – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: August 20th 2018

VC4A is looking for 8 innovative, high-growth scale-ups to showcase at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit on Nov 11-12 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, we showcased 20 scale-ups from the XL Africa program as part of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit, resulting in a number of Series A deals totalling over $12M. Building on this success, the ‘VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A’ is now integrated as 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 Requirements:

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;
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 9-16, 2018
3 min pitch on the main stage of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit
20 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 events AfricaCom and AfricArena

Timeline:

Jun 11 – Aug 20 Application period
Aug 20 – Sep 29 Selection process / investor review / interviews
Oct 1 Showcase participants announced
Oct 1 – Nov 9 Working on presentations with mentors (VC investors)
Nov 10 Pitch practice with investor feedback
Nov 12 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A at Africa Early Stage Investor Forum
Nov 13-15 AfricaCom and AHUB participation
Nov 14 Innovation tour
Nov 14-16 AfricArena participation

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit

‘VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A’

2018 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A for high-growth African Startups (All expenses paid trip to Cape Town, South Africa)