• Investor

E squared

The E2 Elevator is a bespoke 4-month accelerator programme, is designed as an intensive, hands-on programme with a good mix of targeted individual, group and peer learning interventions, with progress tracked weekly and reported monthly. The primary objective is to build pipeline for E2 Investments and acccordingly, selection is prioritized for businesses with realizable growth and investment potential. Participating businesses receive personal and business mentorship, financial coaching, Legal, Human Resources and technical /digital support as well as seed funding to aid implementation of agreed interventions.

  • Stages of Support

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

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Online / mobile
    • Direct Consulting Services
    • Seat on the Board
    • Co-working space
    • Cohort or group support
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Leadership development
    • Access to networks and partners
    • Marketing support or market research
    • Building HR capacity
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Financial management
    • Needs assessment
    • Performance management
    • Value / supply chain development
    • Legal, accounting, other office services
    • Governance structure
    • Investor showcases
    • Due diligence

  • Intervention Type

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

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Sector agnostic

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Base of the pyramid
    • Social enterprise
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Science, engineering or invention based businesses
    • Accessibility
    • Citizen empowerment
    • Rural communities
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Urban communities
    • Minority or previously excluded population

  • Impact objectives

    • Access to education
    • Affordable housing
    • Agricultural productivity
    • Capacity building
    • Community development
    • Employment generation
    • Energy and fuel efficiency
    • Food security and nutrition
    • Health improvement
    • Income/productivity growth
    • Sustainable energy
    • Water resources management
    • Access to information
    • Access to financial services
    • Disease-specific prevention and mitigation
    • Human rights protection or expansion
    • Access to clean water and sanitation
    • Access to energy
    • Natural resources conservation
    • Sustainable land use
    • Pollution prevention and waste management

  • Verticals

    • AgTech
    • Data analytics
    • E-commerce
    • FinTech
    • Hardware
    • Software as a service (SaaS)
    • CleanTech
    • EdTech
    • Biotech
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