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About PesaCrowd
PesaCrowd is an online crowdfunding platform that connects investors and entrepreneurs throughout East Africa (www.pesacrowd.com) Lets early stage and more established businesses raise funding from friends, family, customers, angels and other interested investors
Investors
Entrepreneurs
o Register o Discover great
businesses o Invest
• Register/Login • Start your
campaign • Get funded
Allows a wider base of investors to invest directly in companies (new asset class ). Funding structured to suit business needs
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Our Value Proposition
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Lower capital raising fees
Considerably lower fundraising fees compared to traditional sources
Quick reach and easy process
Shorter time taken to raise required funds
Wider investor
reach
Web based platform that gives access to wider global audience
Success based fees
Pay a fee on successfully raising the target funding required from the investors.
No need for Collateral
Businesses get funding through deal structure that meets business needs
Product Features
• Quick and easy step by step online application process for entreprenuers;
• Anyone can invest in any business they like;
• Investors create their own portfolio by choosing the businesses they are most interested in;
• Linked to payment providers for ease of payment by investors;
• Safe and Secure;
• Investors represented by PesaCrowd during fundraising process;
• Campaigns mainly powered by networking and social media communication;
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Late Stage • Mature company
Growth Stage • Expansion capital • Profitable for at least 3
years
Early Stage • Proven business model • Less than 3 years old • Post Revenue • EBITDA positive • Expansion capital
Criteria for Target Businesses (Investments)
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Stage of Business Status of the business
ü Established Cash flow positive business
ü Looking for Kes 5million to Kes 30million of funding
ü Have a clear value proposition with long term strategic vision
ü Ambitious yet attainable goals ü Sustainably managed (ESG) ü Have systems & processes in
place to support business effectiveness & efficiency
ü All sectors
Entrepreneur’s Investment process
Creates an account Prepare the required documents (business
plan & financial forecasts)
Create and submit an online campaign
application (Pitch, Business Plan &
Financial Forecasts
PesaCrowd’s Review & Approvals
Pitch goes live on the PesaCrowd Platform
Active Marketing & Promotion of pitch by both fundraiser and
PesaCrowd
Achieve the Funding Target
Completion & legal paper work
Portfolio Monitoring & Reporting to
Invetsors
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Investor’s Investment process
Register/login online
Access is granted to business funding pitches
Select Business and decide amount to invest
Make payment
Investor is notified if selected business reaches target funding
Confirmed as an investor, get regular updates on progress of the funded business
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Management Team
Caroline Chepkwony
Director
• Experienced in investments, Finance and Operations with over 12 years work experience across Venture Capital, Business Advisory and Auditing.
• With a passion for SMEs, keen to contribute towards the realization of the entrepreneurs' vision to grow their businesses.
• Passionate about creating strong institutions through responsible leadership, and adherence to corporate governance.
• Certified Public Accountant (k), holds an MBA from Said Business School University of Oxford, an MA (International Studies) and B.com Finance both from the University of Nairobi
Nick Hargreaves Chief Technology
Officer
• Award-winning developer with passion in development of web, mobile applications and data driven tools.
• Skilled Android developer and backend developer with a focus on PHP, JAVA, Python and MEAN Stack languages.
• Studied Chemical Engineering in Moi University.
Peris Boit,
Business Development
• A seasoned investor in real estate and agribusiness. • Started and sold two businesses, • Peris holds an MBA in Strategic leadership from University of
Nairobi and a Bsc in Biochemistry from Jomo Kenyatta University (JKUAT)
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Talk to us!
ü Does your business need funding of between Kes 5million – Kes 30million?
OR
ü Would you like to support Small and growing businesses?
: @pesacrowd : [email protected]
: 0729 904 360
: www.pesacrowd.com
: @pesacrowd
: @karochep
: @pesacrowd