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GSBI® ONLINE
ACCELERATOR
2018
INVESTOR
PROFILES
A S A N TA C L A R A U N I V E R S I T Y C E N T E R O F D I S T I N C T I O N
2018
Table of Contents
3.......................................Accelerated
5................................Agri-Invest Sarl
7......................................Bodhi Health
9.............................................Coschool
11......................................Cyrus Africa
13........................................Discovered
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
15...............................Dytech Limited
believes innovation and entrepreneurship provide a
17...............................................Edupay
path out of poverty. 19......................Elevated Honey Co.
21.............................................Extensio
About the GSBI® 23.....................................Gameheads
Based at Santa Clara University, in the heart of the Silicon 25...............................GOODdler, Inc.
Valley, the Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI®) accelerates 27...........Grassland Cameroon Ltd.
29.........i-Saksham Education and
social impact enterprises that have developed innovative
This work features Learning Foundation
solutions to the problems of poverty. As the most rigorous 31.................Miyonga Fresh Greens
the investment profiles for the 21 and practical social impact accelerator in the world, GSBI 33..............................................Mnandi
social entrepreneur members of the supports social entrepreneurs in sustaining and scaling their 35..............Mobilized Construction
2018 GSBI® Online Accelerator cohort. businesses. We help leaders manage risk and accelerate 37.........Moto Hope Micro Lending
The profiles highlight the social growth so they can multiply their positive impact on the 39.............................................Ongoza
41..........................VIA Global Health
entrepreneurs’ work, their impact, world.
43...............................Young Farmers
growth plans, and financing needs. Champions Network
We support these entrepreneurs throughout their
If you are interested in exploring a organizations’ life cycles through in-depth mentoring
funding or partnership opportunity, provided by executive-level women and men who work
please reach out to the with them over the course of six months through weekly
calls. Together, they refine and develop financial models, About Santa Clara University
entrepreneurs directly with their
unit economics, growth strategies, operating plans, and Santa Clara University,
provided contact information, or a comprehensive Jesuit,
a justifiable ask for their investment needs. The support
contact us at gsbi@scu.edu Catholic university located
provided through GSBI focuses on strengthening an
40 miles south of San
enterprise’s impact and business model and presenting their
Francisco in California’s
value proposition in a compelling manner. We support social Silicon Valley, offers its more
enterprise leaders in developing the operational excellence than 9,000 students rigorous
and investment readiness required to scale, and we equip undergraduate curricula in
teams with practical tools to be successful. arts and sciences, business,
and engineering; master’s
Since 2003, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship has degrees in business, education,
counseling psychology,
accelerated over 900 social entrepreneurs, who have raised
pastoral ministry, and
over $948M, and positively impacted the lives of over 323M theology; and law degrees and
people. With a firm commitment to accompany social engineering doctoral degrees.
entrepreneurs on their pathway to scale, the Global Social Distinguished nationally by
Benefit Institute (GSBI®) In-Residence Accelerator program one of the highest graduation
has a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 100%. rates among all U.S. master’s
universities, California’s oldest
operating higher-education
Cover photos by Discovered, Miyonga Fresh Over 200 Silicon Valley executives comprise the GSBI mentor
institution demonstrates
Greens, Elevated Honey Co., and Gameheads cadre, a volunteer network. Social entrepreneurs receive faith-inspired values of ethics
about 300 hours of mentorship throughout the duration of and social justice. For more
©2018. GSBI is a registered trademark of Santa the GSBI In-Residence Accelerator program. information, see www.scu.edu.
Clara University. All rights reserved.
ABOUT US
Rescuing one million students Blending behavioral sciences, technology, and classroom data,
from boring, scary, and we are building a personalized teacher-coaching platform from
the ground up for the African context—that actually works! Our
ineffective classrooms in model leverages best in-class coaches and evidence-based
strategies so that any school can maximize teacher performance.
Ethiopia and beyond TeachEasy is as easy as 1, 2, 3:
1. Foundational trainings on core classroom competencies
2. Dedicated coach provides regular classroom support
3. Coach provides feedback in individual and group sessions
and sets personalized goals
INVESTMENT REQUIRED
500 accelerated-coached We are raising a blended-financing seed
teachers and educators have round of $550k by June 2019. Other support
areas include technical assistance and public-
delivered engaging lessons TARGET MARKET private partnerships.
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa need 10 million skilled and
and have imparted motivated teachers in the next 5 years to meet their
21st-century skills to over education goals. This is the number that drives us everyday. Our
adoption curve starts with B2B: independent private schools and
11,000 K-12 students. school chains and ends with B2G: governments.
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IMPACT TO DATE
I have become a more effective VALUE PROPOSITION • 500 Teachers coached
teacher since you came to the school. Evidence shows that teacher trainings in sub-saharan Africa have • 11,500 Students reached
had limited effect on quality of education. Our model leverages • 51% increase in student participation after
The change is obvious; some of my best-in class coaches and evidence-based strategies, so that any 5 months of coaching
previous low-achieving students have school can maximize teacher performance and boost 21st
taken great leaps this year to become century skills in the classroom.
medium and high-achievers.
—Mr. Yaboneh, Adama, Ethiopia
HEADQUARTERS Mauritius
MANAGEMENT TEAM MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
IMPACT REGION East Africa
Reached 11,500 Ethiopian 2020: Launch in 4 new regional 2017: Semi-finalist for Global
ESTABLISHED 2017 students in the academic year markets Edtech Startup Awards
of 2017/2018
TYPE For-profit
RAVI SHANKAR 2020: Scale our impact to 1,000 2017: Selected for SPRING
Founder & CEO SECTOR Education
teachers and 50,000 students in Accelerator 2017
2017 EARNED REVENUE $21,589 Ethiopia
2017 OTHER REVENUE $88,000
MAJOR FUNDERS Spring accelerator
PETTER MELÅ and self-equity
Country Director, Ethiopia
STAGE Prepare
EMPLOYEES 6
VOLUNTEERS 2 WWW.SCU.EDU/MillerCenter
2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US www.accelerated.co +251 91 554 5067 petter@accelerated.co CONNECT Blog | https://medium.com/accelerated-blog
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Improving the living ABOUT US
AGRI-INVEST supports small farmers in three key ways. We
standards of men and women organize farmers into groups and cooperatives, and offer regular
living from agriculture training that helps them learn better farming practices, then
visit each farm periodically to monitor production. In order to
help farmers secure the agricultural inputs they need for optimal
production, AGRI-INVEST provides inputs microloans to women
without charging any interest. Finally, AGRI-INVEST buys
farmers’ entire harvest and processes the crop in its factories.
AGRI-INVEST partners with major distributors to market their
productions.
INVESTMENT REQUIRED
TARGET MARKET By December 2018, AGRI-INVEST Sarl is
The targeted beneficiaries of our program are smallholder seeking to raise $2,000,000 as equity
We serve 3,000 family farmers living on under one dollar per day. They represent 60% funding to build a new modern factory and
$4,000,000 in debt financing to cover its
of the global Cameroonian workforce and a population of
farmers in the far north of more than 300 million in Africa. For the rice sector alone in the operational cost as the new factory requires
villages of Maga and Yagoua, it employs approximately 100,000 additional cash flow to run efficiently. This
Cameroon. households, mainly women and young people for productive Investment will directly impact nearly 50,000
activities of the paddy, facing the same challenges as other family farmers by increasing their income in
African small- scale farmers: the absence of private year 1.
corporations, outdated agricultural practices, and industry
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inefficiencies. AGRI-INVEST assists them by providing a holistic
approach.
IMPACT TO DATE
We have served 3,000 family farmers who
I used to harvest 2,5 ton in my hectare plot VALUE PROPOSITION increased their income by 20% after
of rice. Today, thanks to the support of AGRI- receiving technical trainings—leading them to
For smallholder farmers who aspire to improve their living increase their yields, and lower their
INVEST, I have doubled my production to 5 standards, AGRI-INVEST is a company that provides a production cost. Six thousand people
ton, and gained more money, and now send holistic program enabling them to prosper. Unlike government benefited from our capacity building
all my children to school and take care of my and non-profit agencies whose approaches are limited in their program (SIFD), enabling the construction
impacts, our program builds an ecosystem that enables farmers of 20 clean water supply points, 1 Classroom,
family. Everything has changed now. to unleash a continued development of their rural communities. and 1 training sewing centre for women. A
total of 18,783 lives have been positively
— DLAMI Martine impacted.
Maga, Northern Cameroon
HEADQUARTERS Maga, Cameroon
MANAGEMENT TEAM MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
IMPACT REGION Cameroon
2014: Opened a semi-industrial rice 2019: Build a new modern rice 2017: Winner of USADF YALI
ESTABLISHED 2013
mill in Maga factory business plan contest
TYPE For-profit
NARCISSE GUYBOLO PARFAIT SECTOR Agriculture & 2016: Obtained a 5-year purchase 2019: Serve 48,000 family
Founder & CEO Fishing, Economic agreement with national farmers
distributors
Development
2020: Serve 66,000 family
2017 EARNED REVENUE $450,000 farmers
2017 OTHER REVENUE $25,000
MAJOR FUNDERS USADF, IREX 2021: Serve 100,000 family
farmers
STAGE Scale
STAFF SIZE 15
VOLUNTEERS 4 WWW.SCU.EDU/MillerCenter
2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US www.agriinvestgroup.org +237 69 078 8612 info@agriinvestgroup.org CONNECT /agriinvestgroup @agriinvestgroup /agriinvestgroup
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ABOUT US
Providing quality medical Bodhi Health Education develops technology-based products
for healthcare professionals delivering healthcare in remote
education to the last mile locations of developing countries. These solutions include
simulation games, adaptive e-Learning, and competency-based
healthcare professionals assessments.
TARGET MARKET
The target market for Bodhi’s products and services are INVESTMENT REQUIRED
healthcare professionals serving at the last mile. Low-resource Our target is to raise USD 1 million in grants
areas such as India, Southeast Asia, and Africa are the primary
We have trained over 30,000 markets for Bodhi. The current shortage of frontline healthcare
and equity over a period of next 4-8 months.
From the grants, we are seeking USD 250,000
healthcare professionals in professionals is estimated to be 7 million, and is expected to and the balance from equity. This capital is
increase to 13 million by 2035. Bodhi works with public health important for the growth of the venture over
key clinical areas in India and providers, government health departments, and tertiary care the next two years in terms of geographic
providers in urban and semi urban areas to strengthen the skills
Indonesia. and knowledge of the healthcare workforce using our products.
expansion and investment in product
development. In addition to
capital, Bodhi is looking at partnerships in
these geographies with stakeholders.
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IMPACT TO DATE
The game based simulation product Bodhi VALUE PROPOSITION Bodhi’s direct beneficiaries include healthcare
has provided is my best tool. This allows me Bodhi Health Education provides medical education products, professionals. To date, the Bodhi training
which are localized in terms of the language and cultural fitment, platform has reached 32,000 healthcare
to refresh key concepts in the case of high for front line healthcare professionals, and thereby creates professionals across 7 states in India and
risk pregnancies. I am able to use the anytime anywhere learning tools, unlike large companies such as Indonesia. We have done a detailed study of
application as a checklist to ensure high Elsevier. the infection-control training track impact
quality ante natal and post natal care where there is a reduction of 32 percent in
to mother and child. hospital-acquired infections. For the health
worker segment, on referral income model,
—Rukmani, Community Healthcare Worker there has been a 62 percent increase in
average remuneration.
Leh, India
HEADQUARTERS Gurgaon, Haryana,
MANAGEMENT TEAM India
MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
2015: Raised seed funding of
IMPACT REGION India, Indonesia, 2019: Set up 3rd comprehensive
USD 250,000
Myanmar simulation nursing lab in India
2018: IFC’s TechEmerge award
ESTABLISHED 2015 2016: Implemented the largest
online program for 7,000 nurses
ABHINAV GIRDHAR TYPE For-Profit and 2,000 doctors at All India 2020: Set up Bodhi technology 2017 MIINT Award at Wharton
Co-Founder & CEO SECTOR Education, Health Institute of Medical Sciences, New learning centres across 30 nursing Business School
2017 EARNED REVENUE $120,000 Delhi educational institutions in India
2017 OTHER REVENUE $250,000 2017: Platform implemented for
3,000 technicians with the 2021: Reach out to 100,000 2017: Facebook Code for the next
MAJOR FUNDERS Impact support from International healthcare professionals billion award
Assets, VilCap Financial Corporation’s
SHRUTIKA GIRDHAR Investments, CIIE TechEmerge Program
Co-Founder & CTO India, IFC, DBS 2018: Game-based application
Foundation development partner for Project
STAGE Scale ASMAN roll out across 80 primary
health facilities
EMPLOYEES 14
2018: Expansion in Indonesia across
VOLUNTEERS 4 31 hospitals
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2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US www.bodhihealthedu.org +91 99995 90443 abhinav@bodhihealthedu.org CONNECT /BodhiHealthEdu @BodhiHealthEdu
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Preparing Colombian youth ABOUT US
Coschool designs and operates programs for the education
for individual success sector in Colombia, with the goal of strengthening social and
and collective well-being emotional skills in young people. We run 3 types of programs:
Colead (leadership and social entrepreneurship programs for
in the 21st century 5-18 year olds), Campco (character camps during vacations), and
Cotrain (certifying educators in our “edumoción” methodology
over 12 hours and other teacher training programs). In 2018, we
are beginning to implement a blended approach with some of
our delivery from 2019 online.
TARGET MARKET
Students (schools, parents, NGOs, Public Sector as clients): Total INVESTMENT REQUIRED
market size in Colombia: 6,100,000. Value: USD$285M/year. We Grants: USD $300K (2018-2020)
reach our clients via referrals, marketing (online and presence at
We have run programs for events) and partnerships.
Convertible debt: USD $400K (Q3 2019)
over 12,000 youth and Educators (schools, NGOs, teachers as clients): Total market
2,000 teachers. size in Colombia: 425,000. Value: USD$30M/year. We reach
educators via school networks, education NGOs and private-
sector foundations. Subsequently, we cross-sell B2C to teachers
directly. We also run free teacher training events to gain traction
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with schools & NGOs.
Coschool’s program was one of the most
VALUE PROPOSITION
important moments of my whole time
Coschool runs research-based, contextualized life-skill IMPACT TO DATE
development programs specifically for post-conflict Colombia.
• 12,000 students directly. 2,000 educators
in school - at last we had a voice, I could We build capacity in schools and institutions, aiming to work
directly.
develop my passions, and my friends and with them for no longer than 3 years and focussing on teacher
• 60,000 students indirectly (1 educator
training and development as our highest impact and cost-
I became leaders for our community. I has a positive impact on approximately
effective delivery model. Unlike other education initiatives that
30 students: indirect students =
really changed. Now I’m ready for more believe that scaled up solutions can be applied top-down, our
educators x 30)
challenges. We need these focus is on building solutions from the ground up, understanding
• 110 different projects executed with over
local context, and proving impact in order to improve education
programs all the time in our school. 150 schools involved
public policy.
—Emanuel Garcia Zambrano, Colombian student
HEADQUARTERS Bogotá, Colombia
MANAGEMENT TEAM MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
IMPACT REGION Colombia
2015: Unreasonable Global Institute 2018: Build 1st online/blended 2014: Ventures Colombia
ESTABLISHED 2014 course for Cotrain (certification in “Overcoming Poverty”
Edumoción)
TYPE For-Profit 2017: Passed $200k in earned
HENRY MAY revenue 2016 & 2017: B Corporation “Best
CEO SECTOR Education 2019: Develop full suite of online/ for the World” (for impact on
blended Coschool courses for customers)
2017 EARNED REVENUE $200,000 2017: Raised $90k in equity
Colead & Cotrain plus hire space
investment from angel investors
for 300 in-person “train the trainer” 2017: Agora Accelerator, Latin
2017 OTHER REVENUE $60,000 certifications America
2018: Raised $75K debt investment
MAJOR FUNDERS Ashmore from Ashmore Foundation
2020: Establish core team in
Foundation Medellín & Cali
STAGE Prepare 2018: Secured biggest project so
far, 12 months with 300 youth plus
50 teachers in rural Urabá, $135K, 2021: Roll out Coschool online
EMPLOYEES 8 programs to Mexico & Argentina
with impact measurement from
Ipsos WWW.SCU.EDU/MillerCenter
VOLUNTEERS 2
2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US https://coschool.co/ +573 22 218 4220 hmay@coschool.co CONNECT /coschoolcolombia @coschool_ /coschool @coschool
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ABOUT US
Providing affordable Cyrus Africa provides innovative client-centric microcredit
services to low-income women in rural and Peri urban
micro credit for low-income communities that are often excluded and without access to
people to reduce poverty financial services. Cyrus Africa’s microcredit scheme is
affordable and easily accessible with no collateral requirement.
The lending approach is simplified and repayment terms are
reinforced through community and peer support.
TARGET MARKET
Out of the total addressable market potential of about 14 INVESTMENT REQUIRED
million customers in Ghana, Cyrus Africa reaches the available We are seeking debt financing of USD$1.5M
market of 6-8 million low income women in rural and peri-urban
We have impacted over communities. These are mainly women who live on less than USD
and USD$50,000 in grants to finance our
microcredit expansion program to reach
20,000 low-income women $2 a day and together constitute about 70% of people within the
informal sector. They are often marginalized petty traders with
27,000 active borrowers by 2020. This would
enable Cyrus Africa to implement a new
with our client-centric small businesses. Our bank’s local presence in the community cloud-based technology for its program
is key. Cyrus Africa reaches these clients through field offices
simplified lending approach. set up within these low-income communities. Our credit officers
expansion, and integrate social performance
metrics into the overall organization. Cyrus
increase the understanding and success of our customers by Africa will also impact over 37,000 micro
providing training and assistance along the way. enterprises, reaching 142,884 people with
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improved financial capability.
VALUE PROPOSITION IMPACT TO DATE
As a result of the Cyrus loan, I do bigger Cyrus Africa provides client-friendly and convenient microcredit 1. Over 20,000 low-income women have
business and earn higher returns therefore in underserved communities. We utilize better loan application, benefited from Cyrus Africa microcredit
it’s very easy for me to pay rent bills and disbursement methods, and repayment processes for rural/ program.
schools for my children. Indeed, Cyrus loan peri urban women and thereby empower micro-enterprises and 2. Established 5 branches currently serving
enable job creation much more effectively than rural community over 30 rural and peri-urban communities
has transformed my life and I would advise banks, microfinance institutions, and financial NGOs. in Ghana.
others to come for life 3. In partnership with the German
transformation at Cyrus. Development Organization we have
implemented financial wellness policy
—Lucy Otoo, Provision, vendor initiatives for Ministry of Food &
Agriculture, and the Parliamentary Service
Tema Newtown, Ghana of Ghana.
MANAGEMENT TEAM HEADQUARTERS Accra, Ghana
MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
IMPACT REGION Ghana, West Africa 2016: Collaboration with
2020: Establish 19 branches to 2017: MasterCard Scholar -
University of Ghana Finance
ESTABLISHED 2013 create 26,600 active borrowers Harvard Kennedy School Executive
dept. to research determinants of
Program in Rethinking Financial
default to deepen social impact
Inclusion
JEFFERSON AGBAI TYPE Non-profit/NGO measurement 2020: Impact over 37,000 micro
Co-Founder & CEO Impacted over 30 different
enterprises with over 70,000 jobs 2017: Harvard Business School
SECTOR Microfinance communities with our micro credit
being created Innovation lab
program
2017 EARNED REVENUE $318,884 Scale up growth of the
2017: Expanded client reach from organization, expand the operation 2016: Opportunity Collaboration
2,500 to about 4,000 active to other regions/new markets Cordes Fellow
MAJOR FUNDERS Minimal external borrowers
funding 2019: Integrate Social Performance
ROSE-DARLING AGBAI 2018: Signed MOU with SOS
Co-Founder & Executive Metrics into the overall
STAGE Scale Children’s villages program to organization
Director pilot an innovative program
EMPLOYEES 25 delivery in 2019 Implement a new software/cloud
Achieved average net income based program management
PART-TIME 4 solution
growth of 80% over the 5-year WWW.SCU.EDU/MillerCenter
period covering 2013-2017
2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US www.cyrusmls.com +233 244 146033 info@cyrusmls.com CONNECT https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefferson-agbai-5093705/
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ABOUT US
Discovered provides creative artisan entrepreneurs in emerging
Empowering creative artisans countries the local support they need to get (online) access to
in emerging countries to use international buyer markets and grow their businesses.
business as a force for good
TARGET MARKET
An estimated 1 billion people in emerging countries are
struggling to craft a better future doing business, but are still
living of less then $5 a day.
Developing small artisan enterprises will drive income generation
and employment (particularly among women).
An estimated 1 billion INVESTMENT REQUIRED
people in emerging countries Boosting artisan enterprise development can transform the
economic landscape of emerging countries as a whole, when
Discovered is looking for an equity
investment of $800k to open 5 HUBs by
are struggling to craft a better properly scaled, but artisan support organizations are often 2019 to prove growth & replication of
small, work independently of each other, are not well funded or our approach. The Dutch-Good-Growth-
future doing business but are recognized, and are unable to support this. Fund (DGGF) of the Dutch Ministry of
still living on less then $5/day. Foreign Affairs will leverage private capital
investments on a 1:1 basis. This will activate
1.750 artisan shops, empowering 8.000
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artisans and 38k family members. Each HUB
VALUE PROPOSITION will create $443.520 impact revenue over 3
Discovered provides creative artisan entrepreneurs in emerging years and create at least 20 local jobs.
countries an online platform with local support to give them
access to the tools they need to grow their businesses. We
offer a single point for market access making it super easy
By joining Discovered, I have been to list products, manage inventory and prices to sell across
IMPACT TO DATE
able to reach more customers, different (online) channels. We offer local skills training support
on marketing, business development, and entrepeneurship to There are currently 170+ artisan shops on
sell my products at better prices, grow their businesses sustainably. We offer access to affordable Discovered, reaching 700 artisans and 3.200+
and grow my business. loans to develop their businesses based on their online revenue, family members. Discovered has
avoiding currency risks, and costly approval processes. generated $220K+ gross revenue to date.
—Mrinalika Jain, Jaipur, India
HEADQUARTERS Den Haag, Zuid-
MANAGEMENT TEAM Holland,
MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
Netherlands
Since our start, Discovered has 2019: Open 5 Hubs in 3 countries to Selected for the Global Social
IMPACT REGION Netherlands attracted 535K euros in equity prove growth & replication of our Benefit Institute Online program
ESTABLISHED 2014 funding (2016 & 2017), 400K euros approach
in convertible loans and 197,500 in
GIJSBERT VAN DER SLEEN TYPE Hybrid subsidies in 2018. 2020: Grow to 16 HUBs in 5
Founder & CEO countries to become break-even
SECTOR Fair Trade,
Economic
Development
2017 EARNED REVENUE $10,000
2017 OTHER REVENUE $480,000
MAJOR FUNDERS Investors, grants
STAGE Scale
EMPLOYEES 5
WWW.SCU.EDU/MillerCenter
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CONTACT US https://www.discovered.us +31639765329 gijsbert@discovered.us CONNECT /dscvrd @dscvrd @dscvrd
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Offering social economic
ABOUT US
impact to the lives of rural Export-focused honey agribusiness company with an innovative
communities by engaging drive which has given birth to the design of ZamHive®, low
cost $4 double-deck, highly productive beehive made from
them to produce high unwanted wood waste and offcuts with 250% productivity uplift.
We harvest, process and package honey produced by poor
value honey for export to rural outgrowers who earn 150% more than with other crops
global markets for sale to global export markets and reinvest retained earnings
to produce thousands of ZamHives® to expand the rural
production base. Our impact covers six districts in Zambia and
two towns in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
INVESTMENT REQUIRED
We offer 2500 rural poor TARGET MARKET We have planned to obtain investment or
Dytech exports 250 tons of bulk honey in 300kg metal drums grants or equity of $250,000 to increase
honey outgrowers social to South Africa, Germany, Egypt and soon to China. Under the the number of ZamHive® beehives for rural
honey outgrowers. This will increase honey
brand SweetHarvest™, we produce 8000 ZamHives®, process
economic pathways free 8000 and package 40 tons of bottled honey made 100% by nature, as production per year from 200 tons to 6000
tons and 500 tons of wax. This will bring
ZamHives® with 250% uplift in well as bee wax, royal jelly, propolis, and various other honey-
based products. Twenty percent of the honey is bottled and export revenue for reinvestment into factory
Zambia and Southern eighty percent export is sold as bulk in 300kg metal drums. and pay for any outstanding matters, thereby
creating huge reserves of revenue inflows. We
Democratic Republic of Congo. estimate that 6,000 tons will bring $15 million
in export revenues.
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IMPACT TO DATE
• Empowered 2,500 rural outgrowers across
VALUE PROPOSITION 4 provinces of Zambia and 2 towns in the
I have spent 66 years of my life without any The only firm that has a unique innovative beehive—ZamHive®— Southern Democratic Republic of Congo.
with 250% double-deck low-cost highly productive beehives. • Rural outgrowers provided with 8,000
success and you chose me as one of your best
Rural outgrowers are provided with 8,000 ZamHives® and two ZamHives®
women to empower with 40 beehives. I can fifty hector SweetHarvest™ bee farms with 2000 Beehives. • Created jobs along the whole value chain,
now believe that there is a better tomorrow as SweetHarvest™ brand is advertised as “100% made by bees,” including the hundreds of carpenters
my income has increased hope is back in my a compelling message to consumers. We offer a population of making ZamHives®
poor village and for the first time since I was 2,500 rural outgrowers a traceable footprint of positive social • Promoted fruit plantation farming such as
economic change. We offer innovative honey-based sweets mango, cashew nut and avocado which
born, I can afford to dream big. such as lollipops, candy, and lozenges, giving kids the chance to supports beekeeping
consume honey. • Turns family farmers into hundreds of
—Grace, beekeeper, Mumbwa, family employers
Central Province, Zambia • Empowers rural women
MANAGEMENT TEAM HEADQUARTERS Lusaka, Zambia
MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
REGION OF IMPACT Zambia
ESTABLISHED 2015 Provided rural outgrowers with Train 10,000 rural outgrowers each 2016: Winner of the Nyamuka
8,000 low cost double-deck with 20 ZamHives® in 5 yrs Zambia business plan competition
TYPE For-profit highly productive ZamHives® that sponsored by UKAID
have 250% uplift Obtain organic certification for the
ALAN CHANDA SECTOR Agriculture & honey and its products under the
2017: Awarded an entrepreneur
Fishing, Economic brand SweetHarvest™
scholarship to learn about
Founder & CEO Exported 100 tons of honey to scaling up business South Africa,
Development South Africa and Egypt
Plant 100,000 cashewnut and Egypt, China, and Dubai
2017 EARNED REVENUE $70,000
mangoes to increase honey 2018: Awarded a fully-paid (UKAID)
Found markets for 100 tons of
2017 OTHER REVENUE $40,000 honey in Germany and in China,
production, beeswax from flowers, slot among 5 firms from Africa through
and ingredients for honey sweets competition of 250 entrepreneurs to
with first export scheduled for the
MAJOR FUNDERS UKAID Business a 14 day international exporter expo in
last quarter of 2018
Plan Competition Build a mobile phone app for rural Shanghai
2018: Chosen to exhibit honey outgrower traceability supply chain
STAGE Scale and all by-products in the 1st ever
Shanghai Import Expo in China
EMPLOYEES 18 Reach export capacity of 6,000
Opened exports to EU-wide tons of honey into market such as
VOLUNTEERS 4 EU, USA, China and the rest of the
market WWW.SCU.EDU/MillerCenter
world
2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US +260955720022 alanchanda@gmail.com 2018 COHORT DYTECH LIMITED 15
ABOUT US
Making quality, low-cost According to independent research, private basic schools in
Ghana far outperform their public school counterparts. However,
primary education accessible many poor families in rural parts of Ghana cannot afford to make
the required tuition pre-payments at the start of any given term.
to the rural poor in Ghana Edupay’s tuition financing model allows poor families to pay
their tuition in small increments over time and ensures a level of
revenue for the private schools that allows them make critical
investments in teachers and school infrastructure.
TARGET MARKET
INVESTMENT REQUIRED
Edupay will improve access to Edupay’s Serviceable Obtainable Market is estimated to be
about 70 percent of approximately 1.9 million pupils enrolled in Edupay is seeking $500,000 in grants to
low-cost, higher-quality about 19,000 LCPS in Ghana. This represents about 1.3 million implement it financing model at more than
20 private schools in rural Ghana. These
pupils drawing from about 15,000 low cost private schools
private education for more (LCPS). Upon reaching an understanding with the school owners, funds will benefit an initial 10,000 students by
2019 and provide additional working capital
than 30,000 students by the we engage with parents through Parent Teachers Association
meetings. Once parents and school authorities endorse our needed to support 30,000 students by 2021.
year 2021 and improve the model, data collection begins and the model is implemented.
finances of 60 schools.
IMPACT TO DATE
“ ”
• 1520 real time beneficiary pupils from
VALUE PROPOSITION about 830 households supported to pay
Edupay allows parents the ability to finance tuition for higher- their wards fees.
Edupay has made a big impact on my school. performing, low-cost private schools over a 90 day term rather • Reduced tuition fees default rate of LCPS
I have been able to build new structures than 100% up-front tuition payments. The tuition payment plan from 41% to 8%, which provided financial
including toilets, backfill an area that used to will dramatically reduce student absenteeism and enhance the assurity for 15 schools
overall quality of student learning experience. Edupay provides
flood and pay my teachers all arrears owed. • Economic impact of livelihoods by
private schools with accelerated cash collection and far greater sustaining about 860 rural petty trading
I pray that Edupay grows, expands, and is accuracy in revenue forecasting. Tuition financing model will businesses, creating employment
sustained to be able to help the community in dramatically reduce tuition payment default rates and the opportunities for 15 youths in the
terms of development and sustainability. accelerated cash flow will allow the private schools the ability to communities, and supporting 42 teenage
make key investments in teachers and school infrastructure on a mothers by offering scholarships to their
—Richard Intsiful, Proprietor, more timely basis. children.
Fynn Upgrade International School,
Prestea
HEADQUARTERS Prestea, Western
MANAGEMENT TEAM Region, Ghana MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
IMPACT REGION Prestea Huni Valley
Completed Cohort 11 SCU GSBI Reach up to 30,000 real time Silver Medal Award in the Project
District
mentoring and ready for next level pupil beneficiaries Category of the 2017 Youth Citizen
ESTABLISHED 2015 scaling Entrepreneurship Competition by
TYPE Non-profit/NGO the UNESCO Global Action
GODFRED BENNET TURKSON
Reached over 1,500 direct student Programme on Education for
Co-Founder & CEO SECTOR Education, beneficiaries Raise USD$500,000 financial Sustainable Development
Economic resources to anchor growth
Development Selected to participate in the 2017-
agenda
2017 EARNED REVENUE $23,000 18 Global Social Benefit (GSBI®)
Mobilized USD$580,000.00
2017 OTHER REVENUE $75,000 revenues cumulatively for the Online program
Six LCPSs Mobilize over USD$15M worth of
MAJOR FUNDERS Golden Star Bogoso revenues for over 60 LCPSs to aid
EMMANUEL DOUGLAS TURKSON Prestea Limited,
Co-Founder & Programs Director Over USD 200,000.00 value of their infrastructure growth
ACES, Stan Stewart
Institute new school infrastructure and
pedagogical assets
STAGE Validate
EMPLOYEES 9
VOLUNTEERS 6 WWW.SCU.EDU/MillerCenter
2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US www.masuafarica.org +233205885367 dougturk@hotmail.com CONNECT /masuafrica @masu_africa
17ABOUT US
Connecting rural beekeepers Elevated Honey Co. provides an efficient, connected, and
transparent supply chain that verifies the integrity of honey
to the global market through a produced in rural mountain communities and brings stable cash
flow back to producers. We guarantee yearly purchase of honey
transparent supply chain products if producers adhere to quality standards. We test
100% of honey purchased according to the most sophisticated
adulteration testing methods, and thereby, we have secured a
better market for producers.
TARGET MARKET INVESTMENT REQUIRED
Target beneficiaries are the more than 250,000 small Elevated Honey Co. is seeking $415,000 of
shareholder farmers living in China and northern South East grants and soft loan funding to standardize
We have a 98% retention rate Asia. They are moving into the working class and would like to and improve customer-facing design
live a more comfortable life. There is more infrastructure and materials, establish end-to-end traceability,
among farmers who have opportunity for them, but they are still unable to earn a decent grow market share, and expand production
become beekeepers through living in their villages. zones. That investment will enable us
to positively impact the lives of 213,600
our training. Our target market are the domestic Chinese honey purchasers individuals and return a profit of $175,953
that are currently buying expensive imported honey, but would over the course of three years.
prefer a Chinese brand if a safe alternative existed. This market
“ ”
segment is worth $USD90 million per year and is expected to IMPACT TO DATE
double over the next ten years.
Since 2014, 116 farmers have been trained,
11 have become professional beekeepers.
In 2016, I sold all my honey to Elevated 180 people in our region have benefited
Honey Co. I used the money to buy a car from a family member becoming a full-time
so that I can drive my children to school.
VALUE PROPOSITION beekeeper. Thirty people have been able to
Elevated Honey Co. provides stable market access and remain at home with their families rather
Elevated Honey Co. made me an interest-free advancement opportunities, which are focused on creating a than leaving to seek work in the cities. On the
loan to help purchase the car. Our village is better supply chain for traditional mountain beekeepers and other end of the supply chain, 9,831 Chinese
at a high altitude, so it’s important in winter urban Chinese consumers. In turn, this creates better rural consumers have been educated about bees,
that children have a ride in a car to livelihood opportunities while increasing consumer safety. This is honey supply chain issues, and beekeeping
in contrast to competitors that profit from the status quo of an
and from school. opaque and unfair supply chain.
for development, many of whom are able
to, for the first time, purchase a safe honey
—Zhu Wenguang, beekeeper product to feed their families. We calculate all
Yunnan, China of our family calculations by multiplying by 6.
MANAGEMENT TEAM HEADQUARTERS Shangri-la, Yunnan,
China
MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
IMPACT REGION China
2017: Named Echoing Green 2018: Double market share by 2018: Food+City Supply Chain
ESTABLISHED 2014 Fellows and received a working with new distributor and Pitch Competition Finalist
USD$90,000 grant targeting 2 new cities with more
KATRINA KLETT TYPE For-Profit than 12 live events
Co-Founder & CEO
SECTOR Agriculture & 2017: Echoing Green Fellows
Fishing, Economic 2016: A beekeeper in the
program earned the highest wage 2018: Expand into 6 new honey
Development
in his rural village, with more than production regions
2017 EARNED REVENUE $4,217 USD$6,500 from his honey sales.
MAJOR FUNDERS Echoing Green
2021: Build a honey processing
STAGE Prepare Brought new honey producing facility
technology and market access to 5
EMPLOYEES 3 villages in 4 years
VOLUNTEERS 4 WWW.SCU.EDU/MillerCenter
2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US elevatedhoneyco.com (86)15908871350 katrina.klett@elevatedhoneyco.com CONNECT /elevatedhoneyco @elevatedhoneyco
20Increasing farmers’ living
standards through access to ABOUT US
Extensio is a digital field agent through mobile innovation.
critical information for We provide useful and timely information to each actor of
the agricultural value chains in a scalable, inclusive, and cost-
decision making effective manner.
TARGET MARKET
Our target customers are agri-research centers and
In two years, we have agribusinesses who need to communicate their practices,
INVESTMENT REQUIRED
Extensio is seeking $500,000 of equity
provided actionable products, and price information to both farmers and technical
engineers, as well as receive information from the field. Our
funding to develop its platform and support
its working capital needs to fuel the
information to over 13,000 beneficiaries are small- and medium-holder farmers in Latin
business’s growth in the first 6 months of
America, who need critical information for decision making. We
farmers in 20 Mexican states, have over 200 potential clients in Mexico alone and a beneficiary
2019. That investment will enable us to reach
20,000 farmers by the end of 2019.
thus impacting over pool of 2.6M small- and medium-holder farmers with mobile
access in Mexico. We target to reach 125,000 farmers in 2021
150,000 persons. and work with 35 business clients.
“ ”
VALUE PROPOSITION IMPACT TO DATE
Extensio provides farmers actionable information to reduce
• Over 13,000 beneficiaries in 20 Mexican
Extensio’s text messages uncertainty, apply best practices, and negotiate better terms,
states
directly from their phones and in the right moment to enable
help remind the good practices decision-making. As a result, this increases farmers’ yields,
• 97% want to pursue receiving the service
and reinforce our extension work. • 76% share the information with 3 other
profits, and standard of living.
persons
• Each impacted farmer (directly or
indirectly) represents a household
average of 4 people.
—Technical agent in Oaxaca, Mexico
MANAGEMENT TEAM HEADQUARTERS Mexico City, Mexico
MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
IMPACT REGION Mexico
ESTABLISHED 2015 2016: Obtained $150,000 from 2021: Have 125,000 direct service 2017: Top 4 Digital Social
TYPE For-profit USAID and $60,000 from INADEM users Innovation Company in Latin
America (over 100 initiatives
SECTOR Agriculture & studied by ESADE Business School,
DIANA POPA Fishing, Information 2017: Reached operational 2021: Impact over 1,000,000 Barcelona, Spain)
CEO & Communication break-even people in rural Mexico
Tech
2017 EARNED REVENUE $150,000
2021: 35 business clients in Mexico
2017 OTHER REVENUE $20,000 2018: Reached 13,000 direct users and Latin America
MAJOR FUNDERS Sales (CIMMyT,
ABInBev) & grants
(USAID, INADEM)
STAGE Prepare
EMPLOYEES 5
VOLUNTEERS 1
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2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US www.extensio.mx +521 (551)490-3387 diana@extensio.mx CONNECT https://www.linkedin.com/company/extensio-mexico/
22Gameheads is a tech training
ABOUT US
program that uses video game design, We use video game design, development and DevOps (IT)
development and DevOps to develop training to engage, train and empower low-income youth and
diverse talent and bold new voices, youth of color ages 11 to 25 in the Bay Area. We use a student
centered learning approach that combines tech and design
train young people (ages 11-25) for training, educational counseling, professional development and
the tech eco-system, and prepare career pipelines into paid work. We currently serve our students
them for college, career and civic life. through three separate programs: Gameheads: Middle School, a
game design bootcamp focused on 11-14 year olds; Gameheads:
Classic, which focuses on game design and development from
the ground up; and Gameheads: DevOps, a IT training program
which prepares 18-25 year olds for paid work.
We provided training in video INVESTMENT REQUIRED
TARGET MARKET
game design, development We serve low income, students of color in the East Bay.
We are currently seeking $250k in grants by
the end of the fiscal year.
and DevOps to 350 students According to the U.S. Department of Education there are
roughly 163,000 students that fit this description in Alameda
in 2017. and Contra Costa county. We are currently serving 0.1% of
our target demographic. We will increase our impact to 2% of
the population in 2-3 years. Program participants are reached
through our recruitment partners, local high schools, and IMPACT TO DATE
• In three years, we have reached 850 total
“ ”
neighboring organizations that do similar work and through our
annual events. program participants. Our students have
created 40 total video games with ten
I had an opportunity to attend the EA Spawn currently in production.
Point Video Game Presentations. Gameheads • 50% of our adult students are currently
VALUE PROPOSITION enrolled in post-secondary education and
represented! Sasha and Jude’s team Gameheads provides a holistic tech program that uses hands-on 2.3% have earned their undergraduate
presentation, concept and business plan were game design and development, and DevOps training to engage, degree.
on point! I spoke with a few of the EA team prepare and empower low-income students and students of • 18.07% of our adult students are currently
members after the presentations and they color in the East Bay. By creating aspiring game developers, employed at companies Adobe, Rally
college graduates in STEAM fields, and experienced tech Health, TekPerfect or working on the GIVE
spoke highly of the Gameheads students. You
workers, we create a diverse pipeline into the tech industry, TV show contract through our software
are preparing them well. Hats off to you and unlike organizations like Girls Make Games or the David E. Glover business.
your team. Keep doing what you do! Center.
—Yolanda Williams, parent
MANAGEMENT TEAM HEADQUARTERS Oakland, California,
United States
MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
2016: Secured startup funding ($80k) In 2-3 years: Increase our impact
IMPACT REGION United States from Echoing Green from 0.1% of our demographic to 2%
2016: Echoing Green Black Male
(3,000 program participants).
ESTABLISHED 2015 2016: Opened two additional Increase our staff, including:
Achievement Fellow
TYPE Hybrid programs: Gameheads: DevOps and DevOps Instructor, Program
Gameheads: Middle School, which Manager, and Program Coordinator
DAMON PACKWOOD SECTOR Education, Video serves students in Oakland and 2014 & 2016: ESA LOFT Innovation
Co-Founder, Executive Director in year 1 & a Development Director
Game Design, Richmond Fellowship Winners
in year 2.
Software 2017: Established a career pipeline Increase earned revenue from our
2017 EARNED REVENUE $49,598 partnership with Electronic Arts middle school program and DevOps
2017: 2 NCWIT Aspirations in
Secured a professional software services to cover 55%-57% of total
2017 OTHER REVENUE $51,024 Computing awards
development contract with NBC staff cost by year 1, and 93%-99.9%
MAJOR FUNDERS The CA television show, GIVE, which allows by year 2.
Endowment, us to provide paid work to qualified 2020: Increase in staff will allow
students in mobile app development, allow us to serve more students,
Echoing Green, increasing our impact by 75%.
IT, design, game design /
donors, sponsors development, & project management 2020: Increased students will allow
STAGE Scale Provided direct trainings to 350 low-
production of 20 more culturally-
rich interactive video games/yr, and
EMPLOYEES 1 income students of color ages 11-25
produce our 1st commercial video WWW.SCU.EDU/MillerCenter
since 2015
VOLUNTEERS 35 game, distributed on Google Play. 2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US gameheadsoakland.org (415) 235-5645 damon@gameheadsoakland.org CONNECT /gameheads @WeAreGameheads Gameheads
24ABOUT US
Maximizing the impact of Gooddler offers an innovative tech solution to organizations
humanitarian assistance working in aid and development to maximize the effectiveness
of their work and multiply the impact by utilizing local resources
for goods donations.
GOODdler digitizes inventory of local retailers and farmers and
allows providers of humanitarian assistance to create wishllists
based on the specific needs of beneficiaries, thereby minimizing
waste.
We helped 60 charitable
organizations maximize their TARGET MARKET
164 million people required humanitarian assistance in 2016 with INVESTMENT REQUIRED
impact by providing them thousands of organizations are working to provide necessary
$500K for 2018 to scale operations in US
assistance, spending USD$27.5, of which USD$6.9 came from
with over $150K worth of private donors (up from previous years)
goods donations.
“ ”
VALUE PROPOSITION
For organizations providing humanitarian assistance who IMPACT TO DATE
I was able to thank the donor for not only want to eliminate waste, expand outreach, and maximize the
Through our work with 60 partner charities,
supporting the business but also their effectiveness and impact of donations, Gooddler offers an
we were able to reach over 100,000 people
innovative solution that allows INGOs to connect directly to
support of EBC and offered for them to come local suppliers for the fulfillment and management of goods
who received goods donations from over
tour our facility to learn more about us. We 1,000 donors.
donations. Unlike our competitors, we build a sustainable,
LOVE GOODdler and how it’s helping us localized supply chain infrastructure and allow NGOs to provide
connect with donors we had but never knew! supporters with a transparent process of donating goods.
—Ashley, Eastside Baby Corner
MANAGEMENT TEAM HEADQUARTERS Daly City, CA, USA MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
IMPACT REGION Worldwide
Finished building the platform for By the end of 2018: Scale US 2016: Finalist at the World
ESTABLISHED 2014 US market, and now we are ready operations to increase the number Humanitarian Summit
TYPE For-Profit for scale of active charities in the US to 100
2017: “Solutions That Save Lives
GALINA FEDOROVA SECTOR Humanitarian Aid, 2017: Successfully worked with the Build a tech solution for 15 & Support Development” Aid and
Co-Founder, COO Disaster Recovery CA government on Disaster international partners in areas of International Development Forum
Recovery initiatives Humanitarian Assistance around (AIDF)
2017 EARNED REVENUE $66,302 the world
Tripled revenue from 2016-2017
2016-present: Member of the
MAJOR FUNDERS TEC Venture, By the end of 2018: Raise $500k in “Compact for Young People in
Founders funding Humanitarian Action” (United
Investments Nations)
STAGE Scale
EMPLOYEES 3
PART-TIME 2
WWW.SCU.EDU/MillerCenter
2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US gooddler.com 1(415)518-0204 galina@gooddler.com CONNECT /gooddler @gooddler
26Feeding Africa by improving ABOUT US
Grassland Cameroon provides asset-based financing and agro-
farmer productivity and services designed to improve smallholder farmers’ harvests,
providing superior handling reduce their post harvest waste, and supply consistent-quality
grain to corporate clients for further processing. Our services
services, while creating value offer farmers: affordable access to capital, training and extension
services, and unparalleled drying and storage facilities. We offer
for all our stakeholders our clients large volumes of grain at consistent quality levels that
they can rely on.
TARGET MARKET INVESTMENT REQUIRED
We have provided training & Our beneficiaries are poor, rural smallholder farmers who earn We are seeking a total investment of
$520,000 in grants and soft loans to finance
their livelihood from farming, live under $2 a day, and have no
financing to over 300 farmers assets. These farmers have poor access to finance, machinery, our increasing operations over the next 18
months. A $150,000 grant would go toward
and doubled their and storage facilities. Their route to markets is unreliable
and filled with challenges. Globally, there are about 500M operations growth and capital expenditure
productivity to almost 5 tons smallholder farmers producing millions of tons of grain p.a. and the remaining $370,000 would be for
working capital. This investment would
There are about 13 million such farmers in Cameroon. Our target
per hectare. clients are large industrial enterprises who use corn as an input enable us to work with an additional 500
in production and require high volumes at consistent quality beneficiaries in 2019 and 2000 more by 2020,
standards. The market demand for such corn in Cameroon is pushing our overall impact to over 16,000
“ ”
over 2 million MT per year. residents in our community.
...some of the maize on the farm gets weeviled IMPACT TO DATE
before it is harvested, because we [keep it too VALUE PROPOSITION So far, we have provided credit to 300
dry on the farms], if we had [warehouses] then farmers, impacting at least 1,800 rural
Grassland Cameroon Ltd. (GLC) provides asset-based credit and residents (assuming an average household
we could harvest earlier and dry before selling. agro-extension services, which are affordable and accessible for
Instead, we sell at low prices, because there is no size of 6 persons per farmer). These
poor smallholder maize farmers, and thereby improves farmer farmers have seen their yields increase from
market at the right time...when we work with you productivity and incomes. This is in contrast to government 1.9 tons per hectare to almost 5 tons per
and see that [we can receive] fertilizer & agencies and other NGOs who provide inadequate and hectare since joining our program and costs
ploughing assistance to pay afterwards, we know inconsistent services to farmers. of production have been reduced by over 60
that the yield will be better and we pay you percent.
back…
MANAGEMENT TEAM HEADQUARTERS Douala, Cameroon
MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
REGION OF IMPACT Cameroon, Africa
2015: Raised $167,500 in initial 2019: Finance at least 800 farmers 2018: MassChallenge 2018 Finalist
ESTABLISHED 2015 funding and increase yields to up 5 tons per (withdrew participation)
hectacre for repeat farmers
TYPE For-profit
MANKA S. ANGWAFO 2015: Built Cameroon’s premier 2020: Finance at least 1,600
Managing Director SECTOR Agriculture & grain-handling facility for farmers and increase yields to up
post-harvest treatment of corn to 6 tons per hectacre for repeat
Fishing farmers
2017: Unlocked financing for over
EARNED REVENUE $64,000 300 maize farmers 2021: Finance at least 3,200
farmers & increase yields to up
MAJOR FUNDERS Friends & Family to 7 tons per hectacre for repeat
2018: Kiva credit facility of $45K farmers
STAGE Prepare was approved & disbursed
EMPLOYEES 6
2018: Secured markets for over
VOLUNTEERS 13 5,000 tons of corn for 2019
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2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US www.grassland-africa.com +237651977921 manka@grassland-africa.com CONNECT https://www.linkedin.com/company/grassland-ventures-pcc/
28Creating a sustainable education
ecosystem in backward areas by
ABOUT US
creating local edu-leaders, and i-Saksham sees local youths emerging as a trained community
enabling them to improve their educators. Using digital technology is a critical link to changing
the present-day education ecosystem. i-Saksham mobilizes and
own education attainment while develops enterprising local youths, mainly females or differently-
simultaneously improving the abled people, from backward areas as community edu-leaders,
and builds their capacity to deliver best pedagogy practices to
capabilities of children, with the poor children with the aid of digital technology.
aid of digital technology
TARGET MARKET
There are approximately 130 million children in India in want of
quality education. 52% of Class 5 children in rural areas are not
able to read grade 2 text books. Only a little over one-third of all
We have trained 1,000 children who enroll in grade one reach grade eight.
INVESTMENT REQUIRED
USD 500,000 grant in 3 years
community educators,
To serve the need of quality education of children in the present
and reached out to institutional crisis, over 1 million youths have emerged as
enterprising community educators. i-Saksham builds pedagogy,
20,000 children. and leadership skills in these youths to improve capabilities of
children. IMPACT TO DATE
“ ”
• i-Saksham has trained 1,000 youths as
community educators. and reached out to
2,500 children.
I always struggled to deal with multi-grade VALUE PROPOSITION • Improvement in learning level—60% of
i-Saksham builds existing young community educators from children by at least 1 grade point in a year
classrooms. Most of my session time was spent
marginalized sections as edu-leaders, and upgrades their • Improvement in life prospects of youths:
in unproductive activities where children used teaching skills. With the aid of modern pedagogy techniques, Increase in their income by at least 25%;
to learn not much. With i-Saksham training and and digital technology, these educators are able to provide enhanced avenues to pursue higher
support I can now feel that I am able to make quality education to children. i-Saksham provides mentoring and education and realize their aspirations-5
the difference. With interesting pedagogy, guidance support and enhances further avenues of learning. It youths have qualified for higher education
teaching learning materials, and digital leads to better life prospects of these youths. The services are in prestigious colleges throughout the
delivered in backward areas at low cost, and flexible timings country.
content, I am able to engage children and
which reduces the opportunity cost to attend.
improve their learning outcomes.
— Sonam Kumari, community educator
MANAGEMENT TEAM HEADQUARTERS Delhi, India MILESTONES GROWTH PLAN KEY AWARDS
IMPACT REGION India
ESTABLISHED 2015 2016: Obtained USD$300,000 2020: Train 5,000 community 2015: Top 5 proposals under ‘Skill
grant commitment from NSDC to educators, and create 1,000 Innovation Initiative’ organized by
TYPE Non-profit/NGO train 50,000 youths as community community edu-leaders National Skill Development Agency,
RAVI DHANUKA educators over 10 years Ministry of Skill Development &
SECTOR Education, ICT Entrepreneurship
Co-Founder & Director 2021: Create an alumni
2017 EARNED REVENUE $3,000 2017: Launched a youth engagement model to provide 2016: Invited by Centre Innovation
edu-leadership fellowship enhanced avenues to edu-leaders of Public Systems to present i-
2017 OTHER REVENUE $75,000 program to handhold meritorious to pursue their aspirations Saksham model of delivering e
educators for 2-3 years ducation services in backward
MAJOR FUNDERS Crowd-funding, IIM
2022: Build a model to create 1000 areas.
B and NSDC grants 2018: Trained 1,000 educators, 5 student leaders and develop as 2017: Selected for incubation by
STAGE Validate fellows qualify for higher prospective edu-leaders of NSRCEL, IIM B
education in top prestigious tomorrow
EMPLOYEES 12 colleges in the country
VOLUNTEERS 5
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2018 INVESTOR PROFILE
CONTACT US www.i-saksham.org +919199018050 ravi@i-saksham.org CONNECT /iSakshamWork @isakshamwork i-Saksham Education & Learning Initiative
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