VC4A links transformational entrepreneurs to growth opportunities. Each connection represents an entrepreneur connecting to the knowledge, network, and capital they need to succeed. VC4A supports the making of these connections through the core activity of building, improving and maintaining the VC4A.com website, a critical piece of infrastructure for supporting entrepreneurs building high growth high impact African ventures.

1. Accelerating Entrepreneurship

2. THE ENTREPRENEUR
Entrepreneurs have the power to create tangible economic, social and environmental impact.
VC4A exists to help these individuals realize their potential.

3. AFRICAN VENTURES
VC4A represents more than
120,000 members globally,
and connects more than
12,500 early-stage companies
across the continent.

4. INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

5. INVESTMENTS

6. INVESTOR APPETITE
VC4A links a global network of
capital, with more than 2000
active early stage investors in its
network.

7. INVESTOR INSIGHT
The quality of the
management team is
identified as the most
important factor for
financiers when deciding in
which companies to invest,
followed by financial
performance and market size.

8. NO AFRICA INVESTORS?
There are no opportunities in Africa?
There are no entrepreneurs capable of executing
these opportunities?
There are no investors that understand these
African opportunities?
There is no money in Africa?
Why is it so hard to raise capital?

9. VALLEY OF DEATH

10. SYSTEM RISK

11. VALLEY OF DEATH

12. STARTUP FUNDING GAPS
VC4A links transformational entrepreneurs to growth opportunities.

13. MENTOR DRIVEN CAPITAL
Through mentoring, investors offer more than just
money. Mentor-driven capital is creating value for
startups by sharing the knowledge, experience and
network gained over the course of a career, offering
startup founders the hands on support needed to
maximize the return on investment.

14. VC4A
VC4A links transformational entrepreneurs to growth
opportunities. Each connection, measured as a transaction,
represents an entrepreneur connecting to the knowledge,
network, and capital they need to succeed. VC4A supports the
making of these connections through the core activity of
building, improving and maintaining the VC4A.com website, a
critical piece of infrastructure for supporting entrepreneurs
building high growth high impact African ventures.

15. TARGET VENTURE
VC4A seeks to engage ventures building scalable solutions that have a positive social impact.
• Innovative solutions with potential to disrupt/scale
• Early growth-stage companies 2-5 years
• Tangible traction and revenue
• Quality Team with required experience
• Africa-focused with clear growth potential
• 67% ventures seek start-up funding $10K & $250K
• 33% ventures seek scale up funding $250K & $10m

16. STARTUP ACADEMY
• 70 leading investors, founders
and mentors from across the
African startup ecosystem
• 150 expert insights across 12
modules
• More than 200 videos,
assignments, templates and
tools
• Examples of topics covered
includes Dilutive and Non-
Dilutive Capital, Raising
Money, Term Sheets, Venture
Capital, Co-founder relations
and Business Exits.
Visit the Startup Academy -> https://academy.vc4a.com/

17. MENTORSHIP NETWORK
• 300 vetted mentors in the
VC4A network
• Leading investors, corporate
champions, business advisors
and technical experts
• Screened mentorship
requests and facilitating
mentorship matches.
• Experience structuring
mentorship programs and
mentorship cycles
• Online marketplace for
connecting supply and
demand
Visit the Mentorship Network -> https://vc4a.com/mentors/

18. INVESTOR NETWORK
• 2.000 Africa focused
investors
• 84% invested in an
African based
company
• Target is 250K to 1.5
million
• USD 73 million
invested in 104
transactions over the
course of 2016
Visit the Investor Network -> https://vc4a.com/investors/

19. VENTURE SHOWCASE
Reviewing 1,000 best companies from across the continent ready for Series A - based on
investor referral and seeking 1.5 million and up - http://vc4afri.ca/5qh

20. ANNUAL INVESTOR SUMMIT
Annual investor summit in Cape Town, SA for connecting Africa focused Tech VC (6th year).
See an impression from the Investor Summit -> https://youtu.be/ssE9exvMFsg

21. OPEN DATA & API
VC4A exposes its data via a RESTful Application Programming Interface (API), so developers
can interact in a programmatic way with the VC4A platform - > https://developers.vc4a.com

22. INDUSTRY RESEARCH
VC4A research captures the performance of early-stage, high growth ventures from Africa and
the activity of early stage investors -> https://vc4a.com/venture-finance-in-africa/

23. TRACTION

24. PARTNERS

25. AWARD WINNING
Award Winning Program
VC4A designed and implemented XL Africa, a post-acceleration
program that has been awarded with the World Bank
‘President’s Award for Excellence’ in June 2018. This award
recognizes and rewards teams for supporting the Maximizing
Finance for Development approach, exceeding the expectations
of the job, demonstrating WBG collaboration, and exhibiting
exceptional leadership: “XL Africa set out to prove that African
digital entrepreneurs can be globally competitive. The result
was a portfolio of 20 highly investable digital start-ups that are
disrupting traditional industries and business models in sub-
Saharan Africa.”

26. QUESTIONS?
Building a robust open source system for supporting entrepreneurship development across Africa.