<div dir="ltr"><div>Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>I am looking for start-ups who fit the below criteria.</div><div></div><div>
<h3><b>Investment focus</b></h3>
<p>We invest broadly in tech for good, but we are particularly interested in startups that address the following challenges:</p>
<ul><li>Affordable, accessible health and social care</li><li>Effective education and employability</li><li>Climate change, resource efficiency and conservation of the environment</li><li>Civic participation, maintenance and advancement of democracy</li><li>Empowering vulnerable young people, improving health and wellbeing and giving them the tools to thrive</li><li>Pro-worker innovation for the low-wage economy, solutions that increase bargaining power, boost pay and curb work insecurity</li></ul>
<h3><b>Investment criteria</b></h3>
<p>At the accelerator stage we select teams based on:</p>
<p><b>The team</b></p>
<ul><li>A talented team (more than 1 person) of diverse founders with a strong commitment to a shared vision and mission</li><li>A strong understanding of the problem and the market they will be operating in</li><li>Technical experience within the team</li></ul>
<p><b>The idea</b></p>
<ul><li>An innovative idea with some evidence of its merits and how it would solve the problem</li><li>A clear hypothesis of how to produce, sell and distribute the solution</li></ul>
<p><b>The potential for impact</b></p>
<ul><li>A strong ambition to scale and positively impact millions of lives.</li></ul><div>We will provide early stage seed funding as well as apply on your behalf a "start-up visa" to come to the UK for 3-6months.</div><div><br></div><div>If thats you, please reach me directly with your pitch deck.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Wishes,</div><div><br></div>
</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>E Njoroge Mwangi</div><div>Technology| FINTECH | Big Data</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Cell <font color="#1155cc">+44 7539372742</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Skype: Erick.mwangi</div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 1:40 PM Lydia gachungi via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Listers,<div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">Anyone with an idea of an individual / private sector in Eastern Africa using digital solutions to create impact in the culture industry/ Artistic Freedom (film, music, events, broadcasting, webcasting, anything in that sector)?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please inbox me</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lydia Gachungi </div><div dir="auto">UNESCO Liaison Office to AU and UNECA</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div>
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