Equipped entrepreneurs
are well positioned to
launch and manage dynamic
high impact
businesses
Intelligent Capital is an entrepreneurship development organization founded with the belief that aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs need more than just financial capital to launch and scale their businesses. While securing early-stage investment can be an important catalyst for startups, we recognize that building sustainable businesses is a multifaceted endeavour
At Intelligent Capital, we connect the dots. We take an integrated approach to nurturing businesses which enables access to human capital, social capital, and intellectual capital as well as positioning them to access appropriate financial capital. In addition to working on initiative that directly support individual business leaders and young companies, we are committed to building a robust and dynamic ecosystem for African entrepreneurs to grow and thrive.
Entrepreneurs require more than just financial capital to launch and call businesses
Weak coordination within the ecosystem leads to duplicated efforts and unfilled gaps
Our work is centered around 4 pillars that we believe are the cornerstones of a thriving ecosystem and the foundation upon which sustainable businesses are built. It is not unusual to find within a developing economy that there are deficits within an ecosystem. In some cases these functions can be non-existent, capital deprived or disconnected equating to a fragmented and fragile ecosystem. In order to accelerate development, we recommend that you start with these key priority areas.
Synthesize insights on high-growth sectors and consumer segments to identify attractive market opportunities and gaps
Strengthen ecosystem to establish relationships and networks between key players in the SME landscap
Facilitate interactions with early-stage investors to expose entrepreneurs to funding requirements and fundraising process
Identify and develop entrepreneurs to leverage technical and management skills in an entrepreneurial context
The team’s strength lies in the passion we have for the growth and development of the ecosystem. The companies below represent our clients, some of the various development agencies, universities, private institutions, hubs and startup’s that we render training and or advisory services to.
“Just wanted to send a quick thank you to you both for holding the Investor Readiness workshop on Tuesday. The content was relevant and helpful, and I will definitely recommend you for other learning opportunities. Please keep me on the list for future workshops, I’d love to be involved!”
Lundie,“Based in Atlanta, Georgia, we felt we needed to rely on a local partner to help reflect our blindspots in communication, strategy of entry, and which markets within the continent are most ripe and aligned for our investment criteria. I can’t imagine that we’d be as successful in deploying capital across the African continent had we not worked with Intelligent Capital; currently, 5 of our 8 portfolio companies are based in Africa.”
Anna Cable
Leticia Browne has been providing consulting services as a Technical Advisors for Innovation and Private Sector Engagement to the SDGs Advisory Unit in the Office of the President since 2018. In that functional capacity, she has successfully led multiple initiatives that have become flagships for the Unit. Mention in particular is made of her leadership in conceptualising and organising the first-ever Africa Innovates for the SDGs, as well as and her sterling leadership of the Unit’s partnership with the private sector in Ghana.