The Africa platform for startup funding. VC4Africa is a fast growing community of entrepreneurs and investors dedicated to building game changing companies on the African continent. Entrepreneurs have access to free online tools, mentorship opportunities and the ability to raise capital. Pro Account users can follow ventures they like, set up intelligent alerts, and connect to members directly. Partners engage the VC4Africa community with their programs and services. Get involved and join the community today!

1. accelerating african entrepreneurship

2. THE ENTREPRENEUR
Entrepreneurs have the power to create tangible economic impact. VC4Africa is a global
community that exists to help them realize their potential.

3. VALUE ADDED
VC4Africa addresses the ‘missing middle’ problem by catalyzing early stage investments
in Africa. The organization operates as a social venture since 2010.

4. DISTRIBUTION FIRM SIZE
By definition ventures on VC4Africa are looking to scale.

5. PROBLEM STATEMENT
• Entrepreneurs don’t have access to the capital required to grow their companies
successfully;
• Seed investors (Family, Friends, and Angels) do not have a perspective on follow on
funding for their portfolio companies;
• Existing SME investors continue to complain about a lack of quality deal flow at the
size they prefer to invest.

6. OUR SOLUTION
• Pan-African startup funding platform connecting entrepreneurs with Angels, VCs and
Impact Funds;
• Entrepreneurs can profile their ventures, document their progress, network with peers,
build a dedicated following, gain access to useful tools, and fundraise;
• Investors can review the pipeline of screened deals and explore co-investment
opportunities, set up intelligent alerts and reach out to entrepreneurs directly;
• We build a meaningful track record to reduce the costs of due diligence and make
venture finance in Africa easy and attractive for investors.

7. POSITION VC4AFRICA
The missing link: $10,000 - $1,000,000

8. ACCESS TO FINANCE
Access to capital is one part of the story. VC4Africa places equal emphasis to the non-
financial needs of the entrepreneurs.

9. VIRTUAL INCUBATION
VC4Africa is a virtual incubator, tracking the progress of entrepreneurs and supporting
their growth and development over time.

10. CROWDSOURCING
With over 17,000 members in 159 countries we tap into a global network of knowledge
and capital.

11. 1: CAPITAL
VC4A network includes 600 investors focused on sub-$1 million companies – Angels,
VCs, Social Impact, Family Office, Foundations.

12. 2: MENTORSHIP
Any entrepreneur can register a request in the Mentorship Marketplace where an
international pool of sector experts is available free of charge.

13. 3: TOOLS
Self-learning: VC4A platform empowers entrepreneurs with access to tools, templates and
knowledge resources.

14. 4: EXPOSURE
VC4Africa connects entrepreneurs to world class opportunities (e.g. programs,
challenges, events) to pitch, gain exposure and meet partners.

15. 5: NETWORKING
Members meet offline every day at one of the many VC4Africa meetups around the world.

16. A FEW FACTS
• 2500 screened applications, 1500 successfully published venture profiles;
• The primary sectors include mobile, web, energy, health care and agriculture, amongst
others;
• Each venture is scalable, makes smart use of technology, or is disruptive in their
application of a business model;
• 30% percent of the registered ventures have some form of social mission and could be
qualified as a social enterprise;

17. VENTURE LOCATION
2,500 ventures from 45 African markets: Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Egypt, .…
PERC ENTAGE

18. IROFIT (Finland-Nigeria)
IroFit secures lead investor through VC4A platform, launches at DEMO Africa, and then
secures 600K in investment.

19. KARIBU SOLAR (Tanzania)
Participates in VC4A fundraising bootcamp. DEMO launch. 70K Angel investment.

20. SOKO (Kenya)
Participates in VC4A fundraising bootcamp. DEMO launch. Closes $700K.

21. REVO SOLUTIONS (Ghana)
Angel Fair participant. Ghana Angel Investor Network (GAIN) invests $110K.

22. PENDA HEALTH (Kenya)
Participates in fundraising bootcamp. Raises seed round + Series A. Break even &
opened second clinic.

23. SAYA MOBILE (Ghana)
Meltwater company, participates in VC4A fundraising bootcamp, DEMO launch, exits via
acquisition.

24. RESULTS TO DATE
• Ventures secured over $26 million in funding;
• Average investment size in 2014 was $205K;
• 54% increase in team size over 2014;
• Over 2000 jobs created to date, with over 4000 jobs expected by the end of
2015;
• 49% of ventures start generating revenue in the 1st year;
• 34% of ventures book over $100K in annual revenue by the 4th year.
* Data from 2015 Venture Finance in Africa report

25. QUESTIONS?
Building a robust open source system for supporting entrepreneurship development in
Africa.