Hands-on mentors
Matched 1:1 with operators who’ve built and exited in your sector. Weekly sessions, not quarterly check-ins.
Africa · MENA · Europe · Applications open for Summer ’26
Build it.
Fund it. Ship it.
A 12-week incubation that takes pre-seed founders from a working demo to a fundable company — with real mentors, $50K in capital, and a demo day in front of investors.
9 startups currently incubating · Demo Day May 26
What you get
Everything a demo needs
to become a company
Pre-seed capital
$50,000 in uncapped funding the day you join — no equity games, no milestones gating the cash.
Demo day & investors
Twelve weeks of structured milestones culminating in a pitch to a curated room of pre-seed and seed investors.
The 12-week journey
Five milestones.
One trajectory.
Every team moves through the same proven framework — from validating the problem to standing on stage fundraise-ready.
1
WK 1–2
Problem Validation
Prove the pain is real and worth solving.
2
WK 3–4
Solution Validation
Confirm your approach with committed users.
3
WK 5–7
MVP
Ship the thing. Get it into real hands.
4
WK 8–10
Traction
Find the metric that proves it works.
5
WK 11–12
Fundraise Readiness
Narrative, data room, and demo day.
Spring Program ’26
Meet the founders
building right now
View the live program →PayNestFINTECH
Embedded payroll & instant pay for African SMEs.
MVP
AgriPulseAGRITECH
Soil-sensor analytics that lift smallholder yields.
TRACTION
MediQueueHEALTHTECH
Cuts clinic wait times with smart triage queues.
SOLUTION VALIDATION
Cargo42LOGISTICS
On-demand freight matching for last-mile delivery.
MVP
SolarLinkCLIMATE
Pay-as-you-go solar microgrids for off-grid towns.
TRACTION
ChainIDWEB3
Self-sovereign digital identity for the unbanked.
PROBLEM VALIDATION
EduSparkEDTECH
Adaptive exam-prep tutoring in local languages.
MVP
FreshRouteAGRITECH
Cold-chain routing that cuts produce spoilage.
SOLUTION VALIDATION
VoltPayFINTECH
Cross-border remittance rails with FX at cost.
TRACTION
Demo Day
From the back row
to the main stage
Week 12 ends in front of investors who write checks. Founders walk in with a sharpened narrative, real traction, and a data room that’s ready.
[ DEMO DAY PHOTO ]
The bench
Mentors who’ve
done it before
Amara Okafor
Ex-Flutterwave VP Product. 2 exits in African payments.
FINTECH · CLIMATE
Tobias Reyes
Supply-chain operator, scaled ops across LATAM & MENA.
LOGISTICS · AGRITECH
Lina Haddad
Founder & physician. Built telehealth across the Gulf.
HEALTHTECH · EDTECH
Yusuf Demir
Protocol engineer, early Layer-2 contributor.
WEB3 · AGRITECH
We walked in with a prototype and walked out with a term sheet.
Your prototype
deserves a runway
Applications for the Summer ’26 program are open. Ten teams. Twelve weeks. One demo day.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE MAY 30, 2026 · PROGRAM STARTS JUN 15