Founders Incubators Program

Chinook Capital - Founders Incubator Program

Chinook Lab is scouting for 4 best disruptive startups & entrepreneurs in Nigeria to incubate and help them progress rapidly into exciting, viable, venture-scalable businesses. We work side-by-side with ventures in cohort in the areas most critical to the success for their new ventures –- product development, customer development, business development, operational infrastructure, and recruiting. From customer development, partnerships, to fundraising, we help level the playing field for our portfolio companies accelerate their ideas to market.

Founders Program Overview
We are excited to Launch Chinook Lab Maiden Founders Incubation program and seek startups in cross-sector industry in Nigeria or that want to enter Nigeria market from West Africa in cross addressing:

1- That are providing unravel innovative Tech-Fin platform for Insurance, Asset Management, Pension, Stock Trading and Micro Savings & Credit.
2- Technology solutions to drive innovation and business model improvement in: Agriculture, Transportation, Utilities, Smart Energy, Education, Media and Health leveraging Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
3- High growth enterprise software opportunity across functions and industries including infrastructure software, SaaS, Data Service and on-demand platforms.
4- Disruptive Innovation in Games, Blockchain , IoT and Visual Reality technologies.

What we expect:
1. Existing Product and Service : Minimum viable product & generating revenue
2. Market & Customer Validation : Demonstrate some sort of market traction
3. Growth: Business model is new, disruptive and designed for scale
4. Team: You have strong founders – with technology and business background
5. Governance: Your company is for profit and registered as independent legal entity.

What’s the Deal ?
Once selected, entrepreneurs receive support from Chinook in various ways:·
Intensive four-month incubation program·
12 Months Co-Working ·
High Speed Internet Access·
USD 25,000 pre-seed fund
USD 125,000 follow-on funding from Chinook Capital’s Fund and our Co-Investors.
Access to our Corporate Partnership Program ·
Access to in-kind service from our incubator partners – Amazon, Digital Oceans, Zendesk etc.
Mentorship & Business Development Counseling·
Networking Opportunities with soft landing to Africa Market·
Peer-to-Peer Meeting Sessions·
Marketing and Promotional Opportunities·