The THUDStartupVisa have different initiatives to offer startup ventures
Initiatives we offer to start up ventures
- Access to contract financing through stokvels. A community crowd-funding approach using a verified list of stokvels
- Access to work/play travel opportunities across Africa where THUD has a presence
- An opportunity for entrepreneurs to build a profile for collaborative and access to new markets opportunities
Programmes: access-to-market tools
- Hackathons
- Bootcamps
- THUDide8
- Basecamp
Academy: product & customer development
- Business modelling
- Innovation
- THUDbootcamps – 2 day training & development business development interventions
- THUDide8 – 12 month virtual incubation programme aimed at building investable & sustainable enterprises
Investments: financial & non-financial
- Enterprise Development
- PR & Media Placement Opportunities
- Capital Injection
- Business Development Support
Lifestyle: community & social engagement
- wine-and whisking tasting
- adventure sports and bootcamps
- local and international tours
- discounts to lifestyle events
More info on the programmes:
Hackathons
From the level, we farm startups that wish to participate in Hackathons that are expected to be enlisted at the request of our corporate clients. However, this programme can also be customised and be opened to startups/ entrepreneurs that don’t necessarily participate in the monthly sessions. Startups from the level are also invited to showcase their innovative solutions/ businesses at BASECAMP, our annual festival of entrepreneurship
Bootcamps
We intentionally farm startups/ entrepreneurs from the monthly sessions and the Hackathons. They are a pipeline for Bootcamps where their ideas or businesses are further developed to a point of prototypes within a short period of time. The uniqueness of the Bootcamps offerings is that it can also stand alone to respond to the special needs of an interested clients. It can be modelled, where candidates will still be monitored and empowered to experience THUD model of pitching, biz idea development and mentorship
THUDide8
With SETA Accredited Level 2 (New Venture Creation) & Level 4 (Business Administration) that comes with SAQA qualification the participants of Hackathons and Bootcamps as well as monthly networking sessions, THUDid8 presents an intensive yet longer (12 months) form of entrepreneur support to their growth
BaseCamp
Again, as entrepreneurs feed from one intervention to the other, we have designed BASECAMP (a collaborative partnership where technology meets culture) to continue to be the ultimate platform to showcase with large networks of investors as well as use it to be the launchpad of new programs and partnerships during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW)
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