• Corporation or Corporate Foundation

Allan Gray Orbis Foundation

IVC, or Ideation, Validation, Creation is an ongoing, individually structured, cyclical, coaching focussed process guiding Allan Gray Fellows through the stages of new venture creation from idea conception to placing a first product in market. The programme includes an academic content library, access to grant funding, and structured relationships with business coaches and life coaches.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Online / mobile
    • Co-working space
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Leadership development
    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Needs assessment
    • Ideation
    • Idea/Market Fit

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Sector agnostic

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Youth entrepreneurs

  • Impact objectives

    • Employment generation
    • Equality and empowerment

  • Verticals

    • None
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