Ingressive Capital, an Africa-focused seed-stage venture capital firm are joining Student Entrepreneurship Week Pan-Africa to locate the brightest African startups for up to $100,000 funding.
Scheduled to take place in Accra, Ghana from July 22-24, Student Entrepreneurship Week Pan-Africa is an initiative of Ghana-based education company, Stars From All Nations (SFAN). The project was established to help budding entrepreneurs access actionable, experiential knowledge and tools for building sustainable businesses. #SEWAfrica also serves as a platform for showcasing undiscovered talents, quality networking, and startup funding.
Applications are invited from African startups that meet the following criteria:
They have launched their startup, have initial traction (i.e. money, users, etc.) and customer validation
They have a clear business model
They are a high growth technology business targeting a billion dollar market
They have a team that is bright, hungry, and know their market better than anyone else
They have a competitive advantage over currently available solutions
QI holdings, an AI venture building firm, are also looking to invest in and partner with prototype stage AI startups as part of their venture builder.
Applications are open to all African countries and the deadline is June 30, 2019. To apply, visit studententrepreneurshipweek.com.
For more information about sponsorship or speaking opportunity, contact the team via info(at)sfanonline.org.
https://technovagh.com/2019/05/28/ingressive-capital-joins-sfan-student-entrepreneurship-week-to-fund-african-startups-with-up-to-100k/