Fast Forward To Support Nigerian Livestock Startups (Up To $100K)

Fast Forward is Africa-focused fund and aim to incubate innovative and profit focused livestock startups through its venture studio model.It is setup to provide support for a cohort of startups building technology products for Nigeria’s livestock and allied industries.

As part of the program, Fast Forward will select and back up to 10 livestock-tech ventures with capital and company-building support—including app development, growth marketing, PR, strategy, and operations. Fast Forward’s team will work with founders to achieve solid unit economics and at least $20K MRR in six months.

Fast Forward will invest up to $100K in at least three companies that achieve those milestones within the timeframe. In addition, the US and Africa based venture studio will introduce those startups to other (local and regional) investors and global customers through its network.

The program is for for Nigerian livestock-tech innovators with grant from the German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

Eligibility Criteria

Fast Forward is recruiting ventures with a tech focus across the entire livestock value chain—inputs, feeding, storage, genetics, breeding, vaccines, aquaculture, and more.

More specific categories include the following:

• Vaccines and R&D
• Engineering and Processing
• Health and Monitoring
• Farm Management
• Data and Analytics
• Predictive Technologies
• Financing
• Business and Education

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More details on Fast Forward’s initiative to back Nigerian livestock-tech ventures can be reviewed here.

How to Apply

Interested startups should fill and complete this form to submit an application. Partipating startups are encouraged to have at least one co-founder, though Fast Forward will consider single-founder companies.

Visit Fast Forward official webpage to learn more and apply now

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