Investment
Founder pitch to Novastar Ventures
Novastar Ventures
At a glance
- Deadline
- Open. No closing date published.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- Running your own business with the potential to grow rapidly to scale
- Building a business in East Africa or Anglophone West Africa
- Where
- East Africa and Anglophone West Africa (offices in Lagos, London and Nairobi)
A pitch to a venture capital investor, not an accelerator. A venture investor normally takes a share of the company, and the page does not state the terms. An open pitch route for founders in East or Anglophone West Africa whose businesses could grow fast and transform their markets. You send your pitch deck through the form; the amount and terms of any investment are not stated.
The facts
- What you get
- Venture investment; amount and equity not stated on page
- Where
- East Africa and Anglophone West Africa (offices in Lagos, London and Nairobi)
- How long
- Not stated on page
- Share of the prize or equity they take
- Not stated on page
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- Building a business in East Africa or Anglophone West Africa
- Running your own business with the potential to grow rapidly to scale
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states. Tick as you go; the ticks stay on your phone and are not sent anywhere.
The application takes real work, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
In their words: “Pitch deck (pdf, doc, docx, ppt or key, up to 10MB) and a short message.”
2. Dates
- No closing date is stated.
- Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp
The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.
No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for an investment
General advice from us, the same for every investment. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Check what share they take and what they get to decide.
- Show traction: customers, sales, users, growth, even small.
- Say plainly what problem you solve, for whom, and why your team.
If there is an interview or a test
- Practise a two minute pitch and a longer five minute one.
- Expect hard questions about your market and your numbers.
All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.
How to apply
You apply on Novastar Ventures's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at Novastar Ventures's own website on 2 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.