The South-South and Eastern Angel Network has called on start-ups in the region to summit application for its first deal day meeting scheduled to take place in Port Harcourt.
Deal Day by SSE Angel Network is a special event where network members and others get the opportunity to invest in start-up team on the spot.
Start-ups for the Deal Day will be pre-vetted to ensure only those who meet SSEAN Investment criteria are shortlisted, according to the organisers.
Speaking about the upcoming Deal Day meeting, Emeka Okoye, co-founder and chief operating officer of Auto Mail Service Limited, in a statement, encouraged start-ups to make good use of the opportunity to link up with investors and most especially mentors.
Okoye stated that in the ecosystem, start-ups need to ensure they are connected in the experience and knowledge which can be found at the Deal Day.
Also speaking, Julia Oku Jacks, member of the SSEAN board of trustees and lead consultant of Julia Jacks Consulting, expressed her pleasure on the existence of the network and encouraged more female-led start-ups to join the SSEAN ecosystem and capitalise on the opportunities of Deal Day to learn how to build, sustain and scale their businesses better
“Deal Day gives an expanded view of available business and financing options that no serious entrepreneur should miss” Jacks said.
Start-ups operating within the South-South/South-East are advised to apply via the linkbit.ly/ssean. Members of the public interested in attending the Deal Day should kindly use this link bit.ly/join-ssean.
SSEAN was setup in 2018 by a group of professionals to invest, mentor and support Start-ups in the South-East/South-South region of Nigeria.
It has made two investments to date of $25,600 to – Alphotazi Farms – a modular cassava processing company currently operating out of a village in Benue but based in Nsukka, and Greenage Technology – an inverter and solar panel original equipment manufacturers based in Enugu.
Josephine Okojie
