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VC4A receives Prestigious International Finance Corporation (IFC) ScaleX Award for Supporting Women-led Startups to Raise Capital

The organization began showcasing emerging market startups in 2017, with a focus on African and Latin American talent

VC4A (https://VC4A.com/), the leading platform that strengthens the startup community in emerging markets, has been honored with a prestigious IFC ScaleX award for its contribution to the support of women-led startups in securing capital after completing an accelerator program. Of 170 accelerators, VC4A was selected among the top 5 by…

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    • Africa rises as a startup investment destination, 9th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2022) connecting 1000+ investors from across the globe
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Africa rises as a startup investment destination, 9th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2022) connecting 1000+ investors from across the globe

3000+ attendees in total including Entrepreneur Support Organizations, incubators, accelerators and select high-impact startups

VC4A (https://www.VC4A.com) and ABAN hosted Africa’s investor community at the 9th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2022) from 2-4 November 2022. 1000+ investors connected via the virtual summit, 3000+ attendees in total including Entrepreneur Support Organizations, incubators, accelerators and select high-impact startups. 30 cities unlocked for Investor Meetups in 25…

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    • Meet the portfolio of the 2022 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa - Women founder edition
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Meet the portfolio of the 2022 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa - Women founder edition

VC4A is proud to announce the 14 women founders selected for the 2022 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa

VC4A (VC4A.com) is pleased to put the spotlight on 14 amazing founders selected from our flagship Venture Showcase (https://bit.ly/3w9Pk7T) program dedicated to women-led businesses this year. Each founder is building innovative solutions, bringing disruptive business models that seek to change access to vital services across critical industries - from healthcare to…

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    • Why we launched the 2022 Venture Showcase, VC4A’s flagship fundraising program exclusively for women founders
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Why we launched the 2022 Venture Showcase, VC4A’s flagship fundraising program exclusively for women founders

VC4A and a network of investors seek to take a more proactive role by making the 7th edition of the Venture Showcase Africa a Women founder edition

VC4A’s (VC4A.com) research (https://bit.ly/3M3VnRq) shows that 22% of African ventures (at all stages of development) have a female founder or co-founder. Putting this in perspective, this is pretty similar to the average in New York City at 21% or San Francisco at 16% when looking at equivalent data available via CrunchBase…

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    • Largest Gathering of Investors Convene at 8th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit, Momentum and Capital Behind an Africa Tech Revolution
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Largest Gathering of Investors Convene at 8th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit, Momentum and Capital Behind an Africa Tech Revolution

The event welcomed more than 2,000 delegates attending from 75 countries around the world

Momentum and capital behind an Africa tech revolution. Investors at the 8th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit celebrated record-breaking deal-making on the continent surpassing $3 billion invested in 2021 into African startups.   On November 3rd, 4th, and 5th, VC4A (vc4a.com) and ABAN (ABANangels.org) hosted the 8th edition of the…

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Fanning Africa’s glowing embers of angel investment opportunities

Founders from 10 innovative, high-growth scale-ups will present their ventures to Summit attendees on 14 November

By David van Dijk, ABAN https://ABANangels.org/ and Melissa Ruggles, VC4A https://VC4A.com/ ‘Angel investing is on the rise across Africa.’ This is a commonly heard phrase for those of us active in the early stage investment space on the continent now. And this phrase is often quickly followed by another: ‘yet,…

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She Leads Africa Accelerator 2018 set to provide training and funding for women led technology enabled businesses

The 2018 Accelerator will consist of three 1-week residencies in Lagos where entrepreneurs will receive training from the SLA team, business leaders and experts

Applications are now open for the She Leads Africa (https://SheLeadsAfrica.org) Accelerator 2018, a 3-month program designed to identify, support and fund the next generation of Nigeria’s brightest entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs building technology enabled businesses across Nigeria are eligible to apply for coaching, networking opportunities and the chance to receive funding for…