ACCEL Awards of £5k for African Entrepreneurs 2019
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
Gust announces the ACCELAwards 2019 which is an annual business start-up contest organized by the London Business School’s Africa Club to accelerated mentoring and promotion platform for early-stage African start-ups.
The Accelawards will be hosted at the Annual Africa Business Summit on Saturday 27th April, 2019. The Africa Business Summit is one of the largest of its kind globally, and the leading forum in Europe for shaping business perspective on Africa’s future. This summit will give the ACCELAwards finalists an unrivalled stage to engage with global business leaders and African professionals.
Eligibility criteria:
- You need to be an African entrepreneur with a business proposal that has proof of concept. The business needs to be Africa focused or caters primarily to the African market.
- You may submit more than one entry by undertaking a new registering with a different email. Each application will be considered on its own merit. However, if two applications from the same team are shortlisted, the team will have to decide which of the two applications to proceed with. Only one application per finalist (individual or team) will be allowed.
What criteria is used in the judging process?
- Originality of idea
- Strength of business case
- Level of product development
- Level of business opportunity or impact
- Team’s ability to execute the idea and other Intangibles
Funding:
Fully Sponsored Trip to London and £15,000 in Award Prizes (up to £5k per team). 3 companies will be accepted.
About Gust:
Gust is a global SaaS funding platform for the sourcing and management of early-stage investments. Gust enables skilled entrepreneurs to collaborate with the smartest investors and angel investor networks by virtually supporting all aspects of the investment relationship, from initial pitch to successful exit. The SaaS funding platform is endorsed by the world's leading business angel and venture capital associations, and powers over 1,500 investment organizations in 150+ countries. More than 500,000 startups have already used the funding platform to connect and collaborate with over 45,000 investors. The company was founded in 2004 under the name Angelsoft and is privately held. Gust is based in New York, with a European office in London, United Kingdom.