The monthly FREE sessions of Financing Your Business – Ideas On Tap attract an audience of over 100 registered businesses and investors. With an international reputation for training and entertaining companies, Bill Gibson International Ltd provides a platform that gives value to the attendees and develops skills for raising capital in challenging times.
At a moment in South African economics, when funds should be more available to small businesses, every entrepreneur still doesn’t understand how to access funds. Financing Your Business gives individuals a chance to “learn” from the introduction speech on how to raise money, as well as gives them invaluable exposure to 3-5 venture capitalists and an audience of piers for pitching their ideas and businesses for finance.
With over 2 years of successful events, and various tombstones achieved for financing companies in Johannesburg, this go to market and raise funds attitude is snowballing into an successful “matching engine” for companies and venture capital alike.
Who attends?
- 50% small business and concept stage companies
- 25% established business ideas looking for capital to expand
- 15% service providers and individuals looking to start a business
- 10% venture capitalists and or individual investors
With a consistent attendance of 60-75 individuals per event, and registration as much as 150 people in some instances, the live platform offers a face to face real-time experience for companies and investors.
It is not about emailing investors or companies, or advertising online solely, business is still best done networking or in person. The platform on the meetup.com website allows for strong exposure online, and the ability to reach in person the target audience offline in well planned successful events.
R5000 cash prize for the best pitch!
Contact Ryan@ifxbg.com if you would like to pitch your company for investment at this event!
