ZIG

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ZIG Belongs to YOU!

Browse our services:

1) Venture capital investment (VCI)

2) Business development and upscaling service

3) Investment matching service

1) Venture capital investment (VCI)

Are you a dedicated founder or entrepreneur struggling to obtain capital to grow your business? Don’t worry, ZIG is here to partner and work with you.

ZIG Trading PLC recognizes that one of the major challenges entrepreneurs in Ethiopia are facing is access to capital. Startups are barely having access to capital from commercial banks. Alternative finance from private equity or VC is rare. On the other hand, very promising startups with high growth potential are sprouting in Ethiopia. One of the visions the ZIG founder has is to support these entrepreneurs so that they can unleash their potential and become more competitor in local and international markets.

ZIG Venture Capital Investment on High-Growth Startups Product Explained.

Providing capital and technical assistance to startups / companies exhibiting high growth potential in exchange for an equity stake in the company. If you are a startup of the following or another promising sector, reach out to us by filling Venture capital investment (VCI) form after SIGN UP

Target startups for VC finance

• Fintech startups
• ICT and technology-based companies/service providers
• Startups in Logistics sector
• Agribusiness startups
• Other emerging ventures

2)Business development and upscaling

If you are one of the founders in Ethiopia struggling to find tailored business development services? Do not worry, we got you covered. Our experienced entrepreneurship and business development specialists are here to serve you.

In Africa especially in Ethiopia, entrepreneurs and startups have a limited access to a customized business development services (BDS). Oftentimes, startups fail because they can not bring products/services to market or unable to grow their business for lack of upscaling business development services. We at ZIG Trading PLC are offering affordable specialized BDS.

Our business model addresses the above by driving up the value of the business development service for founders and emerging entrepreneurs by creating incentives to use our virtual business development and upscaling services.

We are officering 1-2-1 virtual and in person business development services for entrepreneurs and startups. Our services include short term and long-term acceleration, coaching and mentorship program.

When you subscribe for our business development and upscaling services based on your needs, you will conduct need assessment and customize the service to best fit your and your company’s need. The package includes virtual and in person 1-2-1 acceleration through coaching and mentoring by subject matter specialist in the following areas:

• Marketing (demand creation and demand activation, launching brand etc)
• Finance and accounting
• Product costing and pricing
• Products development and expansion
• Customer relationship management
• Fund raising (through partnership with FIs and development partners)
• Workflow management
• Technology deployment (website, customer relationship management system etc)

3) Investment matching

We understand that many investors from around the world are interested to invest in Ethiopia. However, cost of identifying and vetting potential business for angel/ impact investors, VCs and private equity investors has been disincentive until now. Not anymore with ZIG in the market. We are here to provide industry standard investment matching service.

Investment matching service is to provide investors from around the world an opportunity to invest in high growth companies in Ethiopia. Our value proposition for our client is through business development and upscaling services we will prepare companies and make them investable. Then we will match them with potential investors. If you or your company want to take this opportunity ZIG is your right patterner.