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Published at Friday, July 16, 2021 3:02 AM on the Pickmeup Technologies Inc. organization's page

Pickmeup completes Seedstars and Shell Foundation Investment Readiness Program

The Investment Readiness Program, supported by UK charity and the Shell Foundation and run by Seedstars set out to find the best seed-stage startups within the sectors of agriculture, mobility, and energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of the program was to find and support tech startups in Africa addressing challenges related to:

  • Access to energy (including household energy, energy for businesses, and energy nexus)
  • Sustainable agriculture (including value chain innovations improving access to finance, technology, market or knowledge)
  • Sustainable mobility (including safe rural and last-mile mobility for people and goods)

 

Pickmeup was among the 20 companies that were selected to join the Investment Readiness Program. We set out on a 3 month long capacity building program that focused on topics such as product market fit, KPI tracking and unit economics, revenue and growth strategy, fundraising, legal processes, and more. Additionally, we were carefully paired with a mentor that we met with regularly 1on1 for three months to work on the biggest issues providing barriers to each startups' growth.

 

The result of these activities is 20 African startups that are prepared and ready to receive investment.

 

We are thrilled to present a pitch video, which we invite all investors with an African focus to watch. As an investor, you also have the ability to directly book 1on1 meetings by simply filling out the meeting request form. For more information click here.