Investment Readiness Programme

Each modules’ assignments provide you with an opportunity to apply what you have learned to your business and build your investment case. 

Your walk away with tangible outcomes at the end of the programme:

• A 2-page business finance / investment teaser.
• A 15-slide finance / funding pitch presentation.
• A full business investment case or market expansion case.
• 3-5-year financial plan.

• Post-commercial business with robust and growing revenue?
• African businesses from any industry
• A founding team that has cracked their product-market fit and wants to build an investment case to scale.
• Fund raising team in a scaling business or scaled organisation.
• NPO’s and businesses that have raised grant funding looking to refine their pitches for larger raises.

• Build a compelling investment narrative.
• Refine your business model and align it to the appropriate funders.
• Develop and track your business’s ecosystem in order as part of your investment case.
• Breakdown and interrogate your assumptions around your financial model and growth strategy.
• Develop your investor’s data room for due diligence.
• Learn to build a valuation of your business.
• Build a world class investment pitch and learn to pitch it like the best.
• Work with mentors that have walked the journey or are specialists in a field that can unlock your growth.
• Connect with investors and funders from across Africa that looking for your kind of investment opportunity.
• Empower your team by collaborating on the assignments.
• Showcase your business, products, and investment case at the SA Innovation Summit
• Think like an investor.

Q: How do I apply for this course?
A: To apply you need to fill in this form. We will then contact you before the new cohort starts.

Q: How do I get assigned a mentor?
A: When we contact you about the joining the new cohort, we will also gather more information on your company and your specific needs and industry. This information will then be used to match you with a mentor that could help you take your business to the next level.

Q: What if I already have a mentor?
A: When we contact you, we will first ask if mentorship is something you are interested in. If you already have a mentor, then you will pay less for the course, and we will not allocate a new mentor to you.

Q: How does the pricing work?
A: Depending on if you need a mentor or not, the price will vary with the maximum price being R28000 ($850).

Q: Is there a self-study option available?
A: No, at the moment there is no self-study option available for this course.