Incentives on offer (confirmed at the time of publishing):

• 3-month mentorship with investors at Stocks & Strauss
• 6-month membership to the LaunchLab Startup incubation programme
• A legal advisory programme with O’Reilly Law
• Business advisory and management consulting programmes with House of Growth
• Access to startup incubation resources
• An opportunity for investment from Lions on the panel and in the audience

Join us at USB or via livestream to gain incredible insight into the structure of a pitch and what investors look for.

Programme:

14:00  Opening with MC Daniel Strauss (Co-founder and Director: Stocks & Strauss, Venturepreneur)

14:20  Keynote address: Anita Nel (CEO and Chief Director: Innovus) – The purpose behind one of the leading university technology transfer offices in Africa

14:40  Guest speaker: Darlene Menzies (CEO: FinFind) – What it takes to grow your business in South Africa

15:00  Lions’ Den begins: 5 finalists pitch their business to a panel of investors

16:15  Lion’s make final decision on pitches

16:25  Closing words from Piet Naudé (Director: USB)

16:30  Best pitch announced @ networking space