Would you like to be part of an adventure with international ambitions?

Yiriwa Startup studio is a New Generation African Startup Studio.

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Yiriwa Startup Studio - YSS

Yiwira Startup Studio is a Startup studio. We offer an innovative program with an international ambition.

The Yiwira Startup Studio program is a 2-year program. We are mainly looking for ambitious co-founders to work on our ideas. Sometimes, we can make an exception and let co-founders bring their "own" ideas.

Yiwira Startup Studio is not a startup Accelerator. We also operate an end to end support for fundrising

Professional fundraising services and advisory

YSS provides professional fundraising services to companies with strong technological and innovative assets.

Are you looking for investors to finance your start-up's development? If you are considering raising A seed or A Series or capital, the process can be long and full of pitfalls. Successful investors follow a well-oiled process. Are you looking for some strategic advice? Let YSS help you.

  • Outsourced financial and administrative department
  • Marketing and growth strategy
  • Fundraising training
  • Setting up data rooms for investors
  • Complete support from defining your needs to handing over the funds
  • A network of investors in Africa and abroad
  • Support in negotiating investment conditions

If you want to learn more about our fundrising process please click on the link below.



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Become a Co-Founder

Our pan-African, sector-agnostic portfolio comprises the continent's next giants. We back visionary founders as they shape Africa’s future.

We offer an innovative 2 years program with an international ambition. The program aims to build African digital leaders with the following supports

co-founding

By co-founding and supporting(Pre-seed stage money) startups for a good execution of the VISION in a lean startup logic. Organization of meetings with successful founders and thematic experts;

Offices

We provide free accommodation, with access to meeting rooms, high-speed internet (fiber optics) for the duration of the program;

Services

We provide permanent administrative and financial assistance for the various procedures such as the creation of the company, taxes, procedures with banks as well as the establishment of accounting, financial reporting focus on VCs attention, strategic advisory...

Fundraising

Want to start a fundraising campaign? Participate in office hours with our private investors and advisors community.

Our co-founders selection criteria and conditions:

  • You have the ambition to solve complex problems on an African scale, and you love freedom, happiness and responsibility;
  • Be dedicated full-time to the project;
  • Have already founded a startup;
  • If you want to come with your own startup, you must have an MVP with traction and some enthusiastic customers even without profits.

Our Portfolio

Our pan-African, sector-agnostic portfolio comprises the continent's next giants. We back visionary founders as they shape Africa’s future.

Kɛlɛcɛ

Kɛlɛcɛ is a pan-african sportswear brand based in Mali.

Taama

Taama is a ticketing platform for inter-urban transport in Africa.

Sahel Fantasy

Sahel Fantasy is a studio that produces animation and comic series inspired by African stories and legends.

Become an Investor

Africa is the Future of tech innovation

From 2019 , there were over 1500 fundraisers with a minimum $100K in the ECOWAS area for a total of $7 billions. The ECOWAS zone, despite its delay, is experiencing a strong growth since 2019 depsite of the COVID and Ukrain War.

Our strong and deep analysis of transactions over years gives us a UNIQUE insights into investor interest in African startups. WITH Africa's population growing at x% other the next y years, Africans must leverage technology to provide value to its population. A lot of value. This is exactly why we are betting on an increase in transaction volumes in the next few years. Interested in good exit opportunities?

If you want to learn more about the ECOWAS / Africa fundraising ecosystem, please reach out to us.

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