Venture+

Venture+ is a sector-agnostic acceleration program designed to fuel growth of the existing businesses with business coaching, mentorship, and potential financing. 

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Venture+

Venture+ is a sector-agnostic acceleration program designed to fuel growth of the existing businesses with business coaching, mentorship, and potential financing. 

Who Is This Program For?

Businesses that bring new and  innovative business models to the table, delivering valuable, scalable, and tech-driven solutions with the potential to drive positive economic and social change.

You are eligible to apply if you fall under one of the following segments:

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Producers:

● Launch: Startups and early stage businesses with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), a service/product, that has gone through the first customer test, preferably with some revenue streams.

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Adopters:

● Existing providers with revenue streams who are looking to adopt a new or an existing technology or innovation within their operations.

Key Components of Venture+

Acceleration Services Selected entrepreneurs are offered remote training and advisory, business coaching, mentoring, subject matter expertise and commercial and investor linkages. Legal Services Formalize business, meet all legal and compliance requirements to be able make their business investment ready Intellectual Property Learn the process of securing IPs to secure new technology and innovation Market Linkages andCommercializationOpportunities Access to relevant market linkages Investments Patient financing, investments and/ or investor linkages that enable the businesses to commercialize and/ or adopt the intended health innovation and technology Research and Data Access to recent research and data Trainings Develop and/or improve business model and execution plan and present a case for potential financing and/or investment Advisory Mentorship and technical advisory from successful entrepreneurs, subject matter experts and business coaches

Patient Debt Financing

Instrument:Patient debt Average ticket size:20,000 USD Interest rate:10-12% Term:Up to 7 years Other requirements:Flexible Collateral Options Financing Select businesses who complete the incubation program successfully pitch for AP’s financing

Financing

Select businesses who complete the incubation program successfully pitch for APs financing.

Instrument:

Patient debt

Average Ticket Size:

20,000 USD

Interest Rate:

Net 10-12%

Terms:

Upto 7 Years

Other Requirements:

Flexible Collateral Options

The Complete Journey of an Entrepreneur

Selection Criteria

Business Criteria

  • A unique and innovative business model with potential for causing or contributing to a transformative effect in the health sector, specifically in terms of improving quality of services, increasing access, convenience and/ or affordability.
  • A clear market niche, sound target market and customer base.
  • Realistic competitive advantage in terms of price, quality and easy/ large access.
  • Strong revenue and profit models, potential for scalability and growth.
  • Strong value chain effect.
  • The business demonstrates positive environmental and sustainable development (impact) effect.

Personal Criteria

  • Strong entrepreneurial traits, including (but not limited to) leadership qualities, risk taking, street smartness, ability to do more with less etc.
  • Coachable team, including (but not limited to) openness to advisory, learn, ability and openness to constantlyiterate, adapt and evolve based on changing conditions, realities or assumptions etc.
  • Past experience in doing business, or as an employee in a similar industry, or subject matter expertise relevant to the product/ service.
  • Strong interest in the health sector and the idea/ business being proposed, with significant skin in the business.
Business Criteria A unique and innovative business model with potential for causing or contributing to a transformative effect in the education sector, specifically in terms of improving quality of services, increasing access, convenience and/ or affordability. A clear market niche, sound target market and customer base. Realistic competitive advantage in terms of price, quality and easy/ large access. Strong revenue and profit models, potential for scalability and growth. Strong value chain effect. The business demonstrates positive environmental and sustainable development (impact) effect. Personal Criteria Strong entrepreneurial traits, including (but not limited to) leadership qualities, risk taking, street smartness, ability to do more with less etc. Coachable team, including (but not limited to) openness to advisory, learn, ability and openness to constantly iterate, adapt and evolve based on changing conditions, realities or assumptions etc. Past experience in doing business, or as an employee in a similar industry, or subject matter expertise relevant to the product/ service. Strong interest in the education sector and the idea/ business being proposed, with significant skin in the business. What is our Selection Criteria?

Are you an entrepreneur with an innovative and transformational business or startup?

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