OUR APPROACH

  • Build It.

    At Ishe Ventures, we BUILD out impact-focused ideas that meet day-to-day needs and can impact at least 10 million lives across multiple markets in Africa, Asia or select European markets.

    We take our own ideas and those of founder partners to MVPs that have product market fit, are post-revenue and with repeat customers.

  • Grow It.

    We are not an accelerator or incubator. We will stay in the game with you to ensure that you continue to grow and can raise subsequent rounds of funding.

    We offer holistic support which includes recruiting potential co-founders, engineering support, initial product strategy, go-to-market initiative and administrative operations such as accounting and legal.

  • Fund It.

    The studio invests up to $100k before launch and potentially up to $250K from its sister fund, Ishe Africa.

    Additionally, Ishe Ventures acts as the technical partner for all Ishe Africa portfolio companies. This is part of Ishe Africa's value-add to founders and risk mitigation measures for LPs.

Eligible Ideas

Our criteria for consideration within the Venture Studio is as follows:

  • Meets an impact agenda (at least one SDG)

  • Can impact at least 10M people

  • Clear revenue model to achieve $10M ARR within 5 years

  • Clear path to revenue within 1 year of launch and profitability within 2 years

  • Within healthcare, fintech, logistics, SaaS, agritech, deep tech, ecommerce

  • Key initial markets are in Africa or the United Kingdom

  • Can scale into at least 3 markets/ countries

If you have a compelling idea that meets the above OR have deep expertise in the above and are looking to become a builder and entrepreneur, feel free to reach out to us.