Investors – you’re invited to join us for the upcoming Raise Ready deal share events, showcasing 9 high-potential businesses from Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Cameroon, Zambia, Nigeria, and Ivory Coast.
These businesses, selected from the Royal Academy Engineering Africa Prize’s alumni pool, have just participated in Raise Ready – an intensive deal-readiness programme from Viridian that helps founders walk the last mile in raising early-stage capital. Through expert coaching and focused content, participating businesses have refined their fundraising strategy, growth plans, and valuations.
How the pitch events will work:
- You will watch short pre-recorded pitches from each business and there will be time for a few questions in the main Zoom room.
- After the pitches are complete, each business will run a break-out room and investors will be able to select those they are interested in for further questions and discussion.
If you are not able to attend the sessions, but are still interested in these businesses – please still fill out the form. We will provide you with recordings and founder’s details.
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Businesses showcasing on Tuesday, 22 July at 4pm WAT / 6pm EAT / 5pm SAST:
1️⃣ Probipher – South Africa
Sector: Biotech / Sustainable Agriculture
Probipher develops scientifically formulated probiotics to improve animal health, enhance feed efficiency, and reduce reliance on antibiotics.
2️⃣ Data Leap Technologies – Ghana
Sector: Healthtech / Diagnostics
Kulobal Health is developing a Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) distribution and management system tailored for pharmacies, clinics, and healthcare providers in Ghana and across Africa.
3️⃣ Safe Motherhood Alliance – Zambia
Sector: Health / Maternal
Safe Motherhood Alliance provides affordable, life-saving maternal health innovations—including clean birth kits and mobile health tools—to women in low-income and rural areas who lack access to basic care.
4️⃣ La Ruche Health – Ivory Coast
Sector: Healthtech / Telemedicine
La Ruche Health makes verified medical practitioners and trusted health advice accessible to African communities via telemedicine, messaging platforms, and AI.
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Businesses showcasing on Thursday, 24 July at 4pm WAT / 6pm EAT / 5pm SAST:
5️⃣ Agrifika – Cameroon
Sector: Agritech
Agrifrika is an end-to-end agritech platform that provides technological tools to farming value chains and connects smallholder farmers to the market.
6️⃣ Agelgil Eco-Packaging – Ethiopia
Sector: Manufacturing / Sustainable Production
Agelgil Eco Packaging produces eco-friendly, biodegradable paper-based packaging that replaces conventional plastic and non-sustainable packaging materials.
7️⃣ Beba-biggie – Kenya
Sector: Logistics/ Last Mile Delivery
An IoT automated smart e-locker technology that offers safe, secure, reliable, convenient and affordable short-term storage.
8️⃣ SnooCODE – Ghana
Sector: Geolocation Tech
SnooCODE works with geocoding technology and a combination of satellite navigation systems like GPS, GNSS and GLONASS to assign a memorable 5–7-digit alphanumeric address code to any location on Earth.
9️⃣ GIVO – Nigeria
Sector: Greentech / Waste Management
GIVO (Garbage In, Value Out) provides technology-driven waste management solutions that collect, process, and recycle plastic waste into high-value materials for manufacturers while ensuring environmental sustainability.
Register and book your seat to join us at any of the pitch events you are interested in attending.
If you can’t make it, we will make recordings available. Please register and tick the box that says you can’t make it but would like the recordings and founder details.
About Raise Ready
Current investment readiness programmes prepare entrepreneurs to make a pitch, but not necessarily to explain how the money they’re raising contributes to their business growth; what terms to negotiate on; or future considerations of taking on investment.
Through Viridian’s experience building and running the African Angel Academy (working with 700+ angels) and ongoing conversations with our wide network of African investors, we also understand the effect this is having on investors. Early-stage deals are taking too long and require a lot of time and resource investment to close.
Viridian’s Raise Ready programme addresses this gap by equipping early-stage founders with the knowledge and support to refine their growth plan, valuation, investment strategy, and to walk more confidently into investor negotiations.
Our goal is to have founders (and investors) make deals quicker, and on better terms.