6 Ways Financial Literacy Helps Startup Founders Raise Smarter
- By Yohann Merran
May 13th, 2026
How to raise funds for your next start-up
Back in 2008, an ambitious group of young entrepreneurs at the University of Cape Town set out on a mission to improve transport links for students. Fast forward ten years and the well-established, po...
What are the different stages of a startup fundraising?
Fundraising is a process of soliciting outside investors to finance your start-up or the development of a business. There are two distinct types of financing, which depends on the maturity of the com...
How to value a startup?
How does one calculate the value of a startup that has just launched? What is an investor looking when valuing a startup? We regularly hear about the debate between: 'valuation' AND 'funding'. How do...
How to perfectly pitch your startup and raise more funds?
First and foremost, your pitch should allow you to tell a story to your audience. Study the pitches of startups that inspire you: we recommend that you take inspiration from other startup...
What an entrepreneur should know when raising funds
Raising funds for your startup? The reality could be hard to accept for a young entrepreneur building his first business: it is today almost impossible to raise a large amount of money, based only on...
