Deadline: Ongoing
Apply for the Villgro Africa Business Incubator Program that discovers and supports innovative businesses that significantly improve healthcare access for low-income populations across Africa.
They support startups in the healthcare and life sciences, which cuts across biotech, medtech, service delivery, health systems strengthening, nutrition, sanitation, etc.
Funding Information
- Successful applicants will receive up to $50,000 in funding, business development expertise, and access to additional investment opportunities.
What services does Villgro Africa offer?
- Incubation – They combine hands-on technical support and industry-expert mentorship to ensure the incubation companies are investor and market ready.
- Advisory – Led by a multidisciplinary team, they use the extensive knowledge of the African healthcare innovation and incubation space to help external companies that need support in market entry, commercialisation and growth and/or developing public partnerships.
- Investment Pipeline – For those wanting to invest in the African health sector, Villgro provides a pipeline of exciting, innovative companies that have good product-market fit, a strong business plan and the potential to scale their solution. Investors can be confident that innovators supported by Villgro Africa have received the necessary support to be investment ready.
Incubation Requirements
- Innovators interested in their business incubator program must have:
- Multidisciplinary, collaborative team
- Problem-solution fit
- Product-market fit
- Minimum viable product built
- Validated market demand
- Clear revenue model
- Program commitment from one full-time founder
- One technical co-founder.
For more information, visit Villgro Africa.
