FIVE35 Ventures - The 35'er Club
With less than 5% of all Venture Capital investing landing in the hands of female entrepreneurs, the time is now that we act to level the playing field and create a sustainable impact for female entrepreneurs in Africa, while also achieving excellent commercial returns for early investors.
It is with this in mind that FIVE35 Ventures is excited to launch The 35’er Club – an opportunity that aims to stimulate and enable accomplished women’s competitive instinct and desire to participate in a professional network that will generate returns and impact on many levels.
About The 35’er Club
35’ers are a group of 35 global women with financial and human capital that may choose to use some of their time, money, and network access to support the next generation of female tech founders.
Our goal with the 35’er Club is to open up our fund to smart & purposeful money from women with a shared vision of economic empowerment. This will also allow us to deploy capital faster to the front-runners of the list of over 80 leading female-founded companies that we’re tracking.
Our 35’ers Include
- Top performing female asset managers and VCs interested in portfolio diversification and adventure
- Inspirational global leaders
- Women of colour who’ve broken boundaries and support trailblazers
- Women that are leading the charge in equity rights for women
- Accomplished professionals flying under the radar, especially engineers & women in tech
- Corporate professionals who have made money in Africa and want to “give back”
- Women representing family offices
- Women with intergenerational wealth, especially those whose fortune have some links to Africa (e.g. mining, telecoms, defense, shipping, etc.)
We Offer
A place in history by being part of the first Pan-African, female focused, Seed and Series A fund for tech-enabled businesses.
An opportunity to make strong financial returns and measurable socio-economic impact by investing in a new US$30m fund for female-led tech ventures.
Inside track and co-investment opportunities into the tech ecosystem in Africa’s leading tech communities: Lagos, Cape Town, and Nairobi and connectivity across SADC, West, East, North and Francophone Africa.
Privileged access to like-minded global female leaders, mostly investing in their private capacity, and high-potential female entrepreneurs that will change the African business landscape.
You Bring
Female First Partners
Catalytic Capital
35’ers bring capital that can help us unlock superior commercial growth as investors and global enablers in this specialist female-focused Seed and Series A fund.High Impact. High Returns
35’ers will help us prove that female-led start-ups can deliver 35% more ROI when given access to the right capital, networks and partnerships.The Investment Opportunity
We are inviting investments of between $35k – $350k, which are broken down into 3 participation tiers:
Each Tiers offers an associated set of benefits:
- Direct investment into the first Pan-African female-focused fund for tech-enabled businesses, alongside global institutional investors, DFI’s & Family Offices
- Access to pipeline, investee companies and co-investment opportunities alongside FIVE35 Ventures
- Access to a network of women investors, female founders & dealflow
- Tier 3 benefits +
- Candidates for portfolio company advisory boards
- Access to FIVE35’s impact arm female-founder program as advisors, mentors, guest speakers, expert panelists etc
- Tier 2 benefits +
- A represented seat on the LP Advisory Board
- Patron status at FIVE35 Ventures
Join The 35’er Club
The time is now to start leveling the playing field for female entrepreneurs in Africa to help them grow and thrive. Come be part of our community to engage, learn and strengthen the growing number of leading technology companies in Africa, all led by women
Click Here to complete an Expression of Interest form and we will be in touch to set-up some time to connect further.
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