Funding readiness and your funder matches
You want a loan, a grant or an investor.
Before you start
Have these ready (about 45 minutes)
Step by step
9 steps
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Step 1 of 9 Screen: Funding readiness
How to get there: Services, then Funding readiness.
What you see: The seven areas a funder looks at.
Tap: Start now
What happens next: Access to funding readiness opens.
If something goes wrong: If it still does not work, tap "WhatsApp us" at the bottom of the guide and tell us what you see.
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Step 2 of 9 Screen: Access to funding readiness
How to get there: From Start now.
What you see: The status strip, your documents and the questions.
Tap: Start the questions
What happens next: The first question.
If something goes wrong: If it still does not work, tap "WhatsApp us" at the bottom of the guide and tell us what you see.
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Step 3 of 9 Screen: the question itself
How to get there: From Start the questions.
What you see: One question at a time.
Tap: Save and next
Type: Yes, No, or Not sure yet.
What happens next: The next question.
If something goes wrong: If it still does not work, tap "WhatsApp us" at the bottom of the guide and tell us what you see.
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Step 4 of 9 Screen: What a funder will ask you
How to get there: From the funding readiness page.
What you see: Questions about security, surety, what you own and owe.
Tap: Save
Type: What you could offer as security, for example "a bakkie worth 80000".
What happens next: Your answers feed the affordability check.
If something goes wrong: If it still does not work, tap "WhatsApp us" at the bottom of the guide and tell us what you see.
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Step 5 of 9 Screen: Access to funding readiness
How to get there: Back on the page.
What you see: Upload boxes for your documents.
Tap: Upload
Type: The document, the date on it, and the date it runs out.
What happens next: It is on your checklist.
If something goes wrong: If it still does not work, tap "WhatsApp us" at the bottom of the guide and tell us what you see.
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Step 6 of 9 Screen: My readiness
How to get there: "See your readiness report".
What you see: Your funding band and the seven areas.
Tap: Go to your funding readiness
What happens next: The report: readiness, not a funding decision.
If something goes wrong: If it still does not work, tap "WhatsApp us" at the bottom of the guide and tell us what you see.
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Step 7 of 9 Screen: Funding products you can apply to
How to get there: From your report.
What you see: Each product with Ready, Almost or Not yet, and an approximate match %.
Tap: the product
What happens next: Why it matches, and what to fix.
If something goes wrong: If it still does not work, tap "WhatsApp us" at the bottom of the guide and tell us what you see.
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Step 8 of 9 Screen: Funders that match your business.
How to get there: Funders directory at the top.
What you see: Product cards with your band and match %.
Tap: Start my application with guidance
What happens next: The guided application opens for that product.
If something goes wrong: Only Fix this first? Fix what the card lists, then come back.
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Step 9 of 9 Screen: Funders who asked
How to get there: My home, then Funders who asked.
What you see: Funders who asked to see your pitch or progress.
Tap: Yes, show it
What happens next: The funder sees only what you agreed to.
If something goes wrong: If it still does not work, tap "WhatsApp us" at the bottom of the guide and tell us what you see.
Words explained
Ready / Almost / Not yet
How ready you are. "Not started" means you have not answered yet.
Mandate
What a funder funds: how much, for whom, where.
Approximate match
How well a product fits you, from your answers. Not a decision.
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