OVERVIEW
Get Your Company Investor Pitch-Ready
Your pitch is the story you tell to investors, partners, employees and customers. Make sure it hits all the major points, paints a compelling narrative, and stands out from the crowd.
Day 1: Build Community & Get Started
Get to know your fellow entrepreneurs through an exciting speed-pitch kick-off. Practice your analytical skills with a Social Impact Investor Pitch case study. Get introduced to the main components of an investor-facing pitch deck and Key Performance Indicators needed for each category. Draft an elevator pitch and receive feedback.
Day 2: Deep Dive
Deep dive into the major components of an effective pitch deck: Problem, Solution, Opportunity, Impact, Growth, Projections, Team, and Capital Ask. Learn the content and then directly apply it to your deck during working sessions. Get feedback and tips from our expert facilitators and consultants throughout the day. Engage with the community during structured networking.
Day 3: Demo Day
Discover frequent investor questions and learn how to answer them in deck appendices. Learn presentation tactics and skills, then practice in front of several different stakeholder groups. Get access to a combination of mock-investor pitch panels and stage pitching for feedback, practice and exposure.
Walk Away With: 1) elevator pitch and 2) 10 minute pitch with slide deck
COSTS AND FINANCING
The full cost of our program is $1350USD, but with the generous support of ZOMA Capital and other sponsors, we are able to offer the below pricing tiers based on time of application.
Early Bird Price: $450USD
- Available approximately 11 weeks before application deadline
Middle Pricing: $600USD
- Available approximately 8 weeks before application deadline
Full Price: $950USD
- Available approximately 3 weeks before application deadline
*All above pricing does not include transportation and lodging (if necessary) to Bootcamp.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Join The Agora Community
We run a competitive Bootcamp application process to ensure you are placed with the best, highest-growth potential social impact entrepreneurs in your region. Learn from the best and be part of the best.
IDEAL CANDIDATE: Social impact entrepreneurs who have reached at least $30K USD in annual earned revenue and are ready to start presenting their business opportunity to impact investors, awards judges and corporate and other partners. Specifically businesses who:
- Do not current have a pitch deck and/or presentation
- Have a pitch deck but have not tested it in front of an audience
- Have a pitch deck but have not successfully raised capital or won a competition with it
ELIGIBILITY – WHAT WE LOOK FOR
Impact
We look for startups who are creating impact for people or planet. We want to know impact is baked into your core business and that you have the drive to really transform the world.
Growth
Our entrepreneurs are poised for growth and have shown product-market fit by achieving at least $30K USD annual earned revenue or 10% month-over-month user growth.
For Profit
Our methods and tools are tailored to for-profit social entrepreneurs looking to growth both their bottom line and impact quickly.
Latin America & the Caribbean
Focusing on one region allows us to tailor our programs to your specific challenges and opportunities. All our entrepreneurs are based in Latin America or the Caribbean.
Stage
We accept growth-stage startups with at least two years under their belts and at least two full time employees. This is to ensure you are truly ready to reap the benefits of our program.
WHEN & WHERE
Find the Bootcamp That’s Convenient For You
| January 28-30, 2019 8:30am - 6pm daily | Investor Pitch Bootcamp Santiago, Chile | Application Closed |
| May, 2019 8:30am - 6pm daily | Investor Pitch Bootcamp Mexico City, Mexico | Submit Interest |
| September, 2019 8:30am - 6pm daily | Investor Pitch Bootcamp Bogota, Colombia | TBD |
REVIEWS
Hear from our Entrepreneurs
“We had an objective but no idea how to get there. Agora taught us how to order our priorities, re-analyze our strategies, and achieve our goals.” -Marisa Umaña, Meso Goods
“Agora has acted for us as a seal of approval to get other accelerators, organizations, and investors to be interested in us.” -Andrea Paltzer, Chureca Chic
“It’s beautiful to see driven, inspired people [at Agora programs] and to know that other people are fighting the same fight in other countries, but they are in the same boat at the end – it’s something really calming to know and it’s great to have that network to fall back onto.” -Verena Liedgens, Agruppa
“We are very grateful for the support Agora has given us in strengthening our strategy and equipping us with tools to improve our business.” – Antonio Laredo, Mamut
FAQs
Commonly Asked Questions
Please see our FAQs page to get answers to your questions. If you still have questions and/or want to talk to an Agora team member, please email us at info@agora2030.org.
TEAM
Meet Our Consultants & Facilitators
Jen Timm
Head of Consulting
Jen brings more than ten years of experience in philanthropy, nonprofits, and education. Previously she was a Teach for America corps member in New York City and a Fulbright fellow in Argentina, and worked at Carnegie Corporation of New York. Jen holds an MA in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences from Columbia University, an MS in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Fordham University, and a BA in Latin American Studies from Wesleyan University.
Cecilia Foxworthy
Head of Strategic Design & Innovation
Cecilia’s consultancy work includes strategic planning for youth development, healthcare, and women’s economic empowerment initiatives, among others. Previously, she directed a fair-trade organization with partners in 20+ developing nations and founded and built two organizations, Torus Teens and Small Fry, to address education and economic opportunity gaps in disadvantaged communities. Cecilia holds an MBA from Baruch College, an MS in Global Education from Drexel, and a BS in Apparel Design from Virginia Tech.