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The Launch League Let’s Talk Financing toolkit, developed by the UK-South Africa Tech Hub and Viridian, is a set of open licence resources for hubs to use in running a workshop or guiding a conversation with entrepreneurs through a step-by-step process.
By completing their Financing Card, entrepreneurs will understand their business’ stage, revenue model, assets and risk appetite, and growth plans — and therefore determine what financing options are available to them.
Hub facilitators aspiring to understand the ins and outs of investment and financing options.
Hub facilitators looking to guide entrepreneurs to understand what SMME financing options are available for them.
Hubs wanting specific resources that they can point their entrepreneurs to.
Below are the core resources you will need to facilitate a Let’S Talk Financing workshop, and guide entrepreneurs through the process to understand what financing is appropriate for their businesses.
Viridian and the UK-South Africa have created a database of funds and organisations that finance early stage South African entrepreneurs. Once entrepreneurs have filled out their Let’s Talk Financing Card, they can search the database for the funds and funders that align with their stage of business, business model, assets and risk appetite, and growth plans.
This is an evolving database. If you know of a funder of early-stage South African businesses that is not on this list – please fill in this form to add the funder to the database.
This is an evolving database. If you know of a funder of early-stage South African businesses that is not on this list – please fill in this form to add the funder to the database.
We’ve collated other resources that are useful for you and your entrepreneurs to understand the financing landscape, and the fundraising process.
