First a website, then a white paper, then a prototype – followed by our Minimum Viable Product. That’s the plan for 2026. Throughout the year we will conduct research and engage our stakeholders.
This will produce measurable results, reduce risk, position the brand and attract potential clients, investors and collaborators.
One of the next steps is the development and publication of a white paper in which we aim to raise – and partly answer - some powerful questions related to challenges faced by
SMEs in terms of their fundraising, thematic funds and others. The very topic of the white paper has not been decided yet and its definition is part of the work in progress. White paper publication is planned for summer 2026.
We will simultaneously use our continuously growing database of thematic funds, our insights into and contacts with intermediaries as well as our emerging business model to develop a prototype of the platform, followed by a Minimum Viable Product by September / October 2026.
Prototype and MVP development will strongly consider an in-depth analysis of our potential, and existing, competitors as well as potential competitive advantages and innovations. We look forward to presenting our MVP in autumn 2026 and welcome any related insights, ideas or questions you might have.
bettterfunds will grow slowly but surely.
Our initial geographical focus and go-to-market is likely to be in Côte d’Ivoire and the West African Monetary Union using the Franc CFA, as well as on the sectors and industries dominating this geographical region: agriculture and agro-industry, infrastructure development, tourism, and renewable energies.
We strongly believe in iterative processes and look forward to all the learnings in phase I.
Those phases are not mutually exclusive as we take a pragmatic approach - arising opportunities
to engage with investors, fund managers, funds of funds, development finance institutions and other stakeholders will be analysed and followed up on as part of our overall growth strategy.
In phase II we will then aim to grow into more mature markets such as Ghana and Nigeria, Eastern and Southern Africa, as well as into other industries and sectors.
Phase III will take us beyond Africa, with the aim to engage and grow in Asia and Latin America and other world regions.
We are building bettterfunds as a business that is fundable and will become a success story. It will address systemic challenges and help resolve the funding gap for SMEs and public project sponsors as well as support all kinds of thematic funds, private and public alike, in improving their respective concept and outreach.
This is mainly to contribute to more investments and more efficient fundraising and investment processes.
As such, the development of the bettterfunds platform and its related services are guided by learning velocity, taking informed decisions, and producing measurable progress, rather than by calendar speed.
As a regulation-adjacent business we are interested in a deliberate pace to make slow and sure progress while reducing risk.
Our exit strategy will be developed at a later stage, keeping this approach and overall philosophy in mind.