TMLightRoom

Nov. application amend

What is it about?

TMLightRoom is a Tentmaker pitch platform that brings together budding entrepreneurs and season investors, mentors and prospective partners to explore an investment, mentorship, partnership and market opportunities of a game changing solution (product/service/idea). This is a platform for the many amazing individuals or entrepreneurs (and investors) seeking to build the confidence, connection and capital to promote and build a brand for available market.

Tentmaker, an entrepreneurship hub offering business incubation, co-working/private office facilities and startups support (accelerator) services believes the African ecosystem need this platform to build bridges between entrepreneurs, investors and the global market to elevate the many great innovation being developed across the continent and beyond. If you believe you have the idea or product/service or solution to create the next buzz, this is your platform to connect; the Tentmaker TMLightRoom Pitch program is virtual and offers you the bridge to connect and the room with the light to shine on that solution.

How does it work?

TMLightRoom Pitch program is a monthly pitch event held virtually with participating entrepreneurs pitching to a team of local and/or international panel for Access to funding, Market, Mentoring, Partnership and/or any other enterprise support for Scaling and/ or Sustainability of entrepreneurial solutions.  

The program is an interactive session as the panel will query the viability of the idea or solution, the valuation and the capacity of the promoter(s) in an attempt to make the right investment decision and also give the promoter(s) the opportunity to attract the right investment, partner and/or market. The session will also help the promoter(s) to validate his/her/their preparedness for the market and the viability of the idea – it’s essentially a mentoring session with the panel as well.

Who can get involved?

Entrepreneurs or business promoters with demand driven ideas, tested prototypes or products/services with clearly identified and verifiable market which is scalable. Investors apart from looking at the business promoter or entrepreneur is interested in solutions that can give them value, either economic viable or high impact, and can be scaled for bigger market patronage.

 

How to get involved?

Both Investors and Entrepreneurs can get involved by expressing their interest. Entrepreneurs or business promoters who want to participate in the TMLightRoom will apply in accordance with the application process. Application will be opened all year round but will be attended to on first apply, first serve basis. The Tentmaker Incubator, Accelerator and community programs are other platforms for entrepreneurs and business promoters to build their capacity on how to get prepared for the TMLightRoom experience. Selections are made base on the strength of the pitch deck accompanying the application; its viability, industry in accordance with available investors’ interest, availability of prototype, understanding of industry, market and model. It is advisable to participate in business incubator sessions which mostly guide participants on how to make a winning pitch presentation. A maximum of 10 participants per month will be selected for pitching and will be promoted on our platforms.

 

Why get involved?

The TMLightRoom Pitch program by Tentmaker offers one of the most amazing investor/entrepreneur/mentorship platforms. It offers both the investor and the entrepreneur a great opportunity to build business relationships. For investors, this platform among other things give you the opportunity to invest in a vehicle that you are given the opportunity to scrutinise and be sure before making your investment decision; not many assets provides you with this opportunity.  For the entrepreneur or business promoter, the value is enormous, which includes funding, partnership, validation, mentorships, and a market evaluation.

Application (November 2020 Cohort)

Entrepreneurs and/or Enterprise promoters Apply here

Mentoring/Investing/Partnership (MIP)

Mentors and Investors interested in Participating should email tentmakergh@gmail.com with the title Mentoring at TMLightRoom or Invest on TMLightRoom respectively.

Our current MIP members

  1. Eunice Nyandat – (Founder/CEO, MBM Labs & SkillsUganda | Boston, USA 
  2. Henry Agyei Asare – (Founder/CEO, Tentmaker & Prime2Prime IdeasGhana | Los Angeles, CA, USA 
  3. Andrea Opoku – (Director/Africa Amb., Women in Marketing & Founder/MD, GreenBean MarketingLondon, UK, 
  4. Dylan Piati – (MD – Africa, The Advantage Group & Board Member, E-commerce Forum AfricaCape Town, South Africa 
  5. Mercy Munyange – (Head – Channel Partnership, AJUA) Nairobi, Kenya 
  6. Peter Charway – (Managing Partner, Wayfields Partners Ltd ) Accra, Ghana 
  7. Gloria Appiah – (Lecturer – Entrepreneurship, Kent University UKLondon, UK
  8. Andrew Nii Adjetey – (MD, Naasons Agro Company LTD & Co-founder, Softbound & Qualiseed LimitedAccra, Ghana
  9. Abena Asiamah – (In-House-Counsel, NGA Human Resource & Commercial Contracts, Airwave Solutions Ltd) London, UK
  10. Benjamin Asare – (Clinical support, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Hospital) Los Angele, CA, USA

Aside these introduced MIP members, there are also a number of corporate and investing partners whose role on the program helps in either building the enterprise’s human resource, model or finance.