”DEMOCHELLA” the GreenHouse Lab Demo Day
On the 17th of November 2018 at 4 pm, GreenHouse Lab, Nigeria’s first female-focused tech accelerator and the only “Powered by Google Launchpad” accelerator in Africa, will be concluding its first accelerator program by hosting “Demochella” the GreenHouse Lab Demo day. At the event, the five participating companies will be presenting their businesses to investors, tech executives and other industry leaders.
GreenHouse Lab, launched on the 14th of August 2018, is a 3 months accelerator program focused solely on early-stage, women-led technology start-ups in sub-Saharan Africa with tech/tech-enabled products that are scalable in African markets. The program is run by GreenHouse Capital, an investment holding company within Venture Garden Group (VGG) – a leading provider of innovative, data-driven, end-to-end technology platforms to solve real socio-economic challenges in impact sectors critical to sustainable economic development. As one of Africa’s leading technology-focused venture capital firms, GreenHouse Capital uses its unique positioning to offer expertise, a strong investor and mentor network and resources to grow strong companies. Over the past three years, GreenHouse has invested in 15 companies and combined, they’ve raised $53M in capital.
The program featured an intensive curriculum delivered in-person by various industry experts and leveraged existing entrepreneurship education frameworks and focused on a variety of key topics including, product development, market segmentation, human capital, financial strategy, technical due diligence, marketing and more. Other channels of engagement included weekly guest lectures and office hours with the Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs).
The program’s 5 exceptional companies will be pitching at the GreenHouse Lab Demo Day, they include:
Bankly: A voucher-based payment solution for the unbanked. We enable people without bank accounts or debit cards make payments easily at Point of Sales Merchant locations and Online channels using USSD and existing telco distribution network.
AMPZ: An online media platform that connects the African sports ecosystem from grassroots using mobile and web technology. AMPZ mobile solution aims to bring Africa’s 928 million sports enthusiasts together connecting them with like minds and African grassroots sports talents to opportunities. AMPZ engages over 6,000 enthusiasts on its social media channels and plans to launch across 10 countries in Africa with focus on the 7 most viable sports.
BitMama: A is a fintech company that allows people to make payments and trade by converting their local currency to cryptocurrency. BitMama provides an exchange platform for traders to exchange their Bitcoin and Api for merchants to accept crypto payments while getting the local currency value in their bank accounts.
Allpro: An end-to-end lending platform for schools in Nigeria. Allpro’s solution underwrites credit risks for lenders while making financial-access easy for various users in the school ecosystem including school owners, parents and teachers. With over 30+ schools, Allpro has processed over $1.5M in school fees payment and recently acquired a significant stake in www.schoolscompass.com.ng that will see us acquire over 1700 schools.
Nicademia: A video streaming and content distribution animation company for promoting the culture and languages of Nigeria and other African countries. The mission is to prevent the extinction of Nigerian and African Languages as well as create a market for African Animation. Nicademia is currently the largest video streaming platform for African animations with over 2 million viewers, 500 animations and airing on 7 local and international TV Channels including DSTV and GOTV.
The Demo Day event will be hosted at the Vibranium Valley campus, 42, local airport road. Ikeja. Lagos on Saturday the 17thof November from 4:00pm -7:00pm. Strictly by invitation.
For more information about the GreenHouse Lab “DEMOCHELLA”, please visit http://greenhouse.capital/greenhouselab/demochella/