bettterfunds - Investment needs. Investors. Intermediaries.

Our ambition

There is a two-fold financing gap in West Africa and other world regions:

Many high potential SMEs and companies struggle to navigate an opaque landscape of funding options, while Institutional Investors face difficulties and prohibitive costs to source "investment-ready" deals.

bettterfunds will bridge this divide:

it will eliminate market noise by orchestrating a seamless workflow between SMEs, Strategic Advisors, and Funds.

Our Plan

There is a two-fold financing gap in West Africa and other world regions:

bettterfunds aims to contribute to solving the major issue of underfunded Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), in Africa and elsewhere.

We will provide the definitive digital gateway connecting SMEs Investment Needs with Professional Intermediaries and Investors to turn fragmented searches into structured, high-velocity closings.

In doing so, bettterfunds will address two further challenges and provide solutions for:

Transparency & performance of thematic funds

Increasing the transparency, comprehensiveness and performance of hundreds, if not thousands, of public and private thematic funds.

Structured investment pipeline

Building and providing an acquisition pipeline of potentially investment-ready companies and projects for funds and investors within the bettterfunds network.

The right capital for investment-ready SMEs - and the public sector

Many SMEs remain unable to access appropriate financing because they are unfamiliar with funding pathways or are not yet investment-ready. They may lack the required documentation, hold expectations that are not aligned with investor requirements, or face structural and operational gaps that prevent investors from properly assessing their opportunities.

bettterfunds will help address these challenges by educating SMEs on the conditions for successful fundraising. Through its digital platform, bettterfunds will match SMEs with relevant funds and investors based on their geographic location, sector, and capital needs.

To support this process,bettterfunds will guide SMEs through key questions, help them structure the necessary information, and connect them with appropriate intermediaries. The objective is to strengthen SMEs’ investment readiness, facilitate their fundraising efforts, and ultimately increase the flow of capital toward SMEs globally.

For the public sector, the bettterfunds database will enable project sponsors to identify thematic funds for which their public projects may be eligible. bettterfunds will also support governments in preparing investment proposals and positioning projects to access these financing opportunities.

Better funds?

More transparent.

Easier to understand.

Performing better.

Ever conducted research on potential sources of funding for your project, company or idea?

Managed to identify some funds you are eligible for, only to realise how complex their procedures were?

Or you might be managing a new thematic fund and look for investment-ready companies and projects in a specific industry and/or geographical region?

bettterfunds knows these issues inside out.

Our insights have led us to believe that public and private funds can, and should, become more transparent, and will perform much better if they invest just 1 or 1,5 percent of the available funding in more strategic and focussed outreach activities. One of these strategies is to present themselves in a more user-friendly manner.

The bettterfunds digital matchmaking platform will do exactly this, putting those with investment and funding needs in a specific industry and region at the core; bettterfunds will be THE platform for already existing and new funds to present themselves.

Our white label solution for thematic funds will be presented by the end of 2026.

A pipeline of (almost) investment-ready companies and projects

Are you managing a new thematic fund? Working as investment banker? Looking for (almost) investment-ready SMEs or projects in specific industries, regions or countries, and with certain funding requirements?

Identifying the most promising companies and projects to invest in is tricky. And time-consuming.

bettterfunds will address this challenge by continuously collecting and documenting investment and funding opportunities in many various industries and world regions. And make them available to our network of those with investment needs, thematic funds, intermediaries and partners.