Here Are The 10 Funding Opportunities For Startups And Entrepreneurs in 2017
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Starting a business is
not as fun as the media make it look. As a startup founder, whether you are
running solo or with another founder (co-founder), you are faced with so many
struggles and one of such is validating your idea. And the only way to validate
your idea is to have your product/service ready, either as a prototype or MVP
(Minimum Viable Product).
But if you don’t have
the funds, how do you plan to achieve this if you do not already have savings
or an uncle with a fat pocket who wouldn’t mind you experimenting with some of
his money?
Thank God there are some
ways out that you can get funds for your startup. See some listed below:
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Personal
savings
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Family,
friends and fools
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Loan
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Grants
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Competition
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Angel
Investors
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Venture
Capital
If you do a search on
google or duckduckgo.com, you will probably see more options. No one of them is
better than the other except the consequences that separates them.
As a startup, it will be
easier to have access to your savings, family, competitions and grants, and
these ones are better options for you as you are still at your early stage
testing your idea to know what works and what isn’t.
We still have some
competition and grants available for 2017 that can help you grow your startup
and take the funding pain down for a while. Lol!
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURS
Seedstars World promotes, connects and
invests up to $1 Million in emerging market startups through its exclusive
startup competition in over 65 countries.
Register and apply here
Deadline: November 10,
2017
The AppsAfrica.com
Innovation Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from
across Africa supported by Mobile Monday South Africa and Mobile Ecosystem
Forum (MEF) and are now accepting entries for 2017.
Last year saw an outstanding response with over 200 entries
from 25 countries and 10 winners on the night celebrated from South
Africa, Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Awards Final – November 2017
The Awards party returns to Cape Town on November 6th 2017, bringing together the mobile and tech community, enterprise, media, investors and innovators from across Africa for the third year.
The Awards party returns to Cape Town on November 6th 2017, bringing together the mobile and tech community, enterprise, media, investors and innovators from across Africa for the third year.
Enter your entry here
Dealine: September 10, 2017
The
Building Entrepreneurs Today (BET) is a capacity building and business
education initiative aimed at generating interest in entrepreneurship and
designed to support budding entrepreneurs of all ages.
The Building Entrepreneurs Today programme involves a six-month intensive entrepreneurial/business training of 50 budding Entrepreneurs every season from select sectors of the economy. After going through a selection phase from a pool of numerous applications received. The top five Entrepreneurs at the end of each season are awarded financial grants of N3,000,000 each as seed capital to take their business to the next level.
See details on how to
apply
You can apply here
Application deadline: September 29, 2017
DEMO Africa is one of the flagship initiatives of LIONS@frica
and aims to connect African startups to the global ecosystem. DEMO Africa is
the place where the most innovative companies from African countries get a platform
to launch their products and announce to Africa and the world what they have
developed. This yea's DEMO Africa Conference will be hosted by the
City of Johanesburg in partnership with South Africa's
Department of Science and Technology and the LIONS partners.
Venture Africa partnered with DEMO AFRICA to provide a platform for startups to launch
products in front of investors, technology buyers and the media introducing them
to the market and grow their businesses.
Apply here to get your startup featured.
You can also register to
attend the event here
Application deadline: August 31,
2017.
5. Dark and Lovely x SLA Beauty Accelerator
The Dark and Lovely x SLA Beauty Accelerator is a 10
week entrepreneurship development program to support early stage
entrepreneurs who are building businesses in the beauty industry.
Five entrepreneurs will participate in an intensive program
which includes a boot camp in Johannesburg, South Africa and access to business
coaches with experience in the skills entrepreneurs need to succeed.
What types of businesses should
apply?
We’re looking for creative businesses all across the beauty
industry such as:
- Media: Platforms that make it easier for women to learn beauty techniques, discover new styles and connect with customers
- Products: Physical products that enhance the beauty process
- Technology: Software and services that support the beauty industry
- Retail: Platforms that simplify the buying process for consumers
o And many more…
Get more details here
And apply to get your
share of the pie here
Application deadline:
September 1, 2017
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The
Silicon Valley Accelerate Programme connects emerging technology leaders with
the brightest innovators and founders in Silicon Valley
Each
year we offer one lucky startup the chance to win a place on our Accelerate
Programme.
If
you think you have what it takes, apply below for your chance to pitch at the
Startup Summit in front of our expert panel to win your place!
Each
year we accept six emerging technology entrepreneurs and put them through a
five day leadership programme in Silicon Valley, where they are given unique
access inside some of Silicon Valley's most innovative and successful
businesses as well as insight from the leaders who are shaping and building
multi-billion dollar technology companies.
Apply
now to pitch your business live at the Startup Summit and be in with a chance
of winning a place in Silicon Valley!
Apply here
Application deadline: September 22, 2017
Submit
your application to PitchIt, a competition for fintech startups, taking place
at LendIt Europe--one of the largest international lending and fintech
conferences in Europe. This exclusive programme will nurture emerging talent
throughout the competition, provide selected finalists with unparalleled access
to industry expertise as well as invaluable exposure, branding and more at the
event.
Check out the criteria’s
here
And apply here
Application deadline:
September 4, 2017
8.
Go collaborate! Grant for energy & climate journalism beyond borders: CleanEnergy Wire CLEW call for applications
A cross-border perspective is key
to reporting on the global energy transition. Clean Energy Wire CLEW is
offering three grants for the most promising international collaborative
projects from at least two different countries on the topics of clean energy,
climate policy and the shift to a low-carbon economy.
Clean Energy Wire CLEW will support successful applicants’
stories with a grant of between EUR 4,000 and 6,000. The three successful
journalist teams will be invited to the 2017 Clean Energy Wire CLEW Network
Conference, which will take place in Bonn, Germany, 10-11 November 2017. Each
team will present their project pitch and an audience vote will decide which
will receive the award of EUR 6,000, EUR 5,000 or EUR 4,000.
Get more details on how
to participate and apply for the grant here
Application Deadline: September 15,
2017.
This is a tech
conference that recognizes information and communications technology (ICT)
innovators throughout the African continent using technology to confront
Africa’s daring economic challenges.
Many innovators on the
continent are using creativity, ambition and passion to transform the lives of
communities and the continent at large. Recognizing these Innovators and how
they are resiliently telling the new narrative of ‘Africa for Africans’ is what
birthed Africa as a platform.
To win a grant of
N2,000,000, apply here
10.
YouWiN! Connect
YouWIN!
Connect is a multimedia based relaunch of the YouWiN! programme of the Federal
Ministry of Finance. It aims to support young entrepreneurs as they PLAN, START
and GROW their businesses, by providing Enterprise Education as well as access
to technical and consulting services. The programme aims to promote entrepreneurship,
job creation and wealth via enterprise education for young Nigerians
More information here
Apply here
Application
deadline: August 30th, 2017
Happy applying!
