Uncap aims to invest in existing businesses in need of capital between 10,000 and 50,000 USD through an equity-based revenue sharing model.
According to Franziska Reh, Uncap CEO, “We strongly believe in the founders we invest in and want them to be in the driver seat of their business. That means we give them room to grow at their own speed and trust them to make the right decisions. We only hold a minority stake, don’t take any board seats, and generally don’t get involved if not needed.”
The platform has launched to help early-stage entrepreneurs access capital easily unlike the risky and expensive microfinance, bank financing and inaccessible venture capital investors.
Uncap buys a share in the entrepreneur’s business, which is then re-purchased by the entrepreneur at a pre-agreed price over time, as a percentage of their revenues. Post investment, every entrepreneur gets access to a personalized dashboard. This dashboard delivers valuable data insights into key financial and non-financial KPIs and access to resources and training programs from local capacity-building partners to support the founders on their journey.
Since launching in 2019, Uncap has invested in 27 companies to test and refine its approach. This funding round aims to test Uncap’s ability to scale its investments to more than 100 companies in one batch. The company aims high to revolutionize access to funding by reaching 50,000 entrepreneurs by 2030, equaling 1 billion USD in investments deployed and 1 million jobs created.
