Deadline: Ongoing
The Jasiri Growth Accelerator is designed to provide comprehensive support to existing businesses with substantial growth potential, assisting them in reaching crucial growth milestones and preparing them for investment.
Ventures focused on Market Creating Innovations face unique challenges, while needing significant investment support. The Jasiri Growth Accelerator partners with founders to devise a customized Development Plan. This plan focuses on supporting the ventures to address challenges and reach milestones that will have the greatest impact on their business growth and position them to attract funding and/or investment.
The accelerator provides access to key advisors, coaches, mentors and networks, as well as dedicated venture builders to work alongside founders as they take this catalytic leap.
Funding Information
- US$75,000, provided as a mix of direct and indirect funding
Benefits
- Mentorship and coaching
- Financial reporting and accounting support
- Market validation
- Legal and administrative support
- Education and workshops
- Office space if required, and support in identification and selection of service providers
- Networking opportunities
- Introductions to potential partners
Eligibility Criteria
- The Jasiri Growth Accelerator supports existing businesses with high growth potential to achieve key growth milestones and get ready for investment.
- The Growth Accelerator focuses on startups from Rwanda and Kenya offering defensible market-creating innovations, whether this innovation rests in their products or their business models. These businesses must have achieved product-market fit.
Recruitment & Selection
- To be accepted into the Growth Accelerator program, the Startups must exhibit the following:
- Large potential market.
- Market-Creating Innovation Potential to address non consumption i.e. trying to solve difficult problems and providing goods or services that were previously not accessible or affordable to a large number of people.
- Existing user base.
- Generating revenue.
- Consistent growth in revenue or user acquisition.
- Proof of legal Registration and tax compliance in Rwanda/Kenya.
For more information, visit Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies.
