Application Deadline: July 25, 2025 at 06:00 PM
Applications are now open for the Jasiri Talent Investor Programme (Cohort 2). The Jasiri Talent Investor programme is dedicated to discovering and investing in promising entrepreneurs with the potential to establish high-impact businesses. It’s a fully funded 13 month programme that takes a comprehensive, long-term approach to nurture entrepreneurs. The programme offers fellows the time and resources needed to identify Market-Creating Innovations and achieve product-market fit.
Jasiri employs a competency-based approach to identify and nurture entrepreneurs, emphasizing the need for patient and comprehensive support to address their challenges and developmental needs. The programme’s main objective is to remove systemic barriers that impede entrepreneurs’ progress and allow them to focus on the venture creation process. It’s structured to eliminate hindrances at the individual, team, business, and financial levels, creating a supportive environment for entrepreneurial success.
The Talent Investor is a well-funded programme tailored to specific regions. It uses a competency-based approach to nurture entrepreneurs. The programme consists of essential activities and a framework that connects specific goals with the support needed to overcome obstacles that can hinder the creation of new businesses. The programme also facilitates the collaboration of selected Fellows with like-minded co-founders, ensuring these teams have the skills to find and create Market-Creating Innovations.
The Talent Investor consists of six key stages:
- Jasiri JumpStart
- Team Formation
- Customer Discovery
- Problem Validation
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- Venture Creation
Requirements
- You are determined and dedicated to creating a new and innovative business with potential for rapid growth.
- You are able to identify gaps and recognize opportunities in any sector of interest.
- You have a history of achievement, problem solving and value creation wherever you have focused your attention.
- You are highly informed and knowledgeable in your professional field or area of expertise.
- You are a team player, open to meet and build ventures from scratch with equally ambitious co-founders within your cohort.
- You are a citizen of South Africa residing in the respective country or diaspora.
You commit to building your venture on a full time basis and actively participate in all phases of the Talent investor for 13 months including the 3 months Residential Intensive in Cape Town.
Benefits
- Flight and/or transportation from their current place of residence to the Residential Site in Cape Town.
- A monthly stipend
- In support of sustainability, allowing us to continue to invest in high potential individuals like you, Jasiri will take a 5% equity stake in all ventures launched out of the program. Jasiri is a non profit organization.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Jasiri Talent Investor Programme
