Venture Central March Newsletter

As an Entrepreneur you may be experiencing a great feeling of satisfaction that your small business is up and running. Just like other entrepreneurs in the same stage of business, you may be wondering how to smoothly scale up from the start-up phase.
This month we feature resources to help you better understand the transition from start-up to scale-up, as well as strategies to grow your business.

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Uprise.Africa is an equity crowdfunding platform which aims to help innovative local businesses raise capital while gaining market validation. The platform's goal is to enable multiple investors to support entrepreneurs through buying equity in their businesses.

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Finfind – helps you identify funders for your business
Access to finance is a major challenge for entrepreneurs. The high rate of rejected loans and the lack of knowledge of the different funding options are two of the issues facing entrepreneurs. Finfind was specifically developed to address this problem. It is an online platform that matches SMMEs with lenders and provides a wealth of practical information about business finance. Finfind is available FREE of charge to entrepreneurs via any internet connected device. It has a large, up to date database of over 350 funding options from government, development finance agencies, banks, angel investors, venture capital companies, enterprise development funds and niche lenders.
The entrepreneur simply answers a series of questions and their responses are used to filter the database of funding options to identify appropriate lenders that match their funding needs. It offers a host of easy-to-read tips that describe how to solve the challenges of accessing finance such as what to do if you have a bad credit record or don’t have collateral. Finfind helps you understand the different types of finance and what lenders expect from you as the borrower. Go to www.finfindeasy.co.za and try it for yourself.

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MTN host The Digital Entrepreneur Masterclass where they will focus on combing massive changes around your computing ability, our access to the Internet, and access to and proliferation of mobile devices. Book your seat here

Cindy Gallup predicts that by 2037 there will be no separation between personal and professional brand – that our “work” environment will be more fluid, we’ll spend time with who and on what we want, and business will just be an extension of ourselves. Book your seat