Startup Couches

Startup Couches

By lotanna NwoseBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Startup Couches episodes

  • Cylon Accounting
    Cylon Accounting is an easy-to-use accounting and bookkeeping software for small businesses. Create your first invoice in less than 60 seconds. Send quotations, generate reports, track customers and you can record your transactions. Automate all your accounting departments' work, and save time and money. An income/expense management tool and entrepreneurs, and freelancers, can use it to access loans. All reports are generated for them, with automated tools. We are going to be in Southern Africa in 2023 and at the start of the next year, we go to Ghana and Kenya.
    12 min
  • FixBot
    FixBot helps you track your car's health without you worrying about breakdowns anymore. Their device monitors the overall performance of your vehicle and sends alerts via SMS, chatbot as well as mobile app, and web applications. IoT/hardware startup that makes devices and dongles to scan their car without the help of a mechanic. Reducing the time and money we spend at the mechanics. Capital and talent can be challenges.
    24 min
  • Falcon Robotics
    Falcon Robotics provides top-notch technology solutions to individuals and businesses. They are keen on problem-solving, which is why we stand out. Manufacturing, training, and R&D and AI products, drone manufacturing. Unify, making robots affordable. Home automation systems, that is mind-blowing.
    12 min
  • MyTherapist.ng
    MyTherapist.ng is a mental healthcare startup that connects you to vetted therapists as well as resources for your emotional needs in Nigeria. MyTherapist.ng was founded by young Nigerian entrepreneurs with the goal of providing affordable, accessible, and quality mental health care to everyone who needs it. Our vision is to make therapy available everywhere and as easy as booking an Uber or ordering from Amazon Prime! Provide teletherapy services. Mental health in Nigeria is a huge problem, mental healthcare startups, connect people to mental health professionals, psychoeducational materials, journals, and personality tests. Young creatives are the first customer niche for us. 18-29 internet savvy in the business of using their minds daily. 5k people on our platform, social media visibility too, Nigerians need education. Mental health is the new Agriculture in Nigeria.
    18 min
  • Voda
    Voda is a mental wellness app for the LGBT community and includes digital therapy programs for queer people. CBT-based approach and psychotherapy. Started in October last year. Came out as an adult a few years ago, and therapy worked well for him. Queer people find it hard to find therapy cos of their lived experiences. Getting our programs right, a lot of mindfulness apps, are in close beta, and over 100 people testing. Self-guided digital therapy. New partnerships with psychotherapists. A great compliment to therapy.
    19 min
  • Eventis
    Eventis is an event tech and video conferencing platform, allowing you to connect with your audience in a more immersive way. Remote work is now the norm and were building for it. Create an ecosystem of collaborative tools, virtual event tech platform. Host webinars, conferences, hybrid events. Sell tickets. 2 teams: Internal team: Quick meets and external team: Eventis. Quick Meets is currently being tested internally and June is public launch date.
    17 min
  • VijeV
    VijeV helps people to build an online presence and grow their businesses through unique brand storytelling. Named after the founder, storytelling for startups and large organizations. Consultancy startup that helps startups connect with their audience, there was always a story that binds people together.
    20 min
  • Yalla Fel Sekka
    Yalla Fel Sekka is a delivery company. A very Arabic Egyptian slang (I'm coming, stop bugging quickly) YFS instant delivery company in Egypt, b2b2c on-demand logistics platform: groceries, pharma, e-commerce, the dog stores. Quick commerce. Instant delivery. Closed a round last year, to expand the core business across Egypt. From 5 to many more cities. Investment in the Fulfilment Centers. 10k orders/day 36 people + 1k drivers. Egypt is a rising market and so the potential is exciting.
    14 min
  • Transtura
    Transtura is a one-stop shop for everyday mobility. Share mobility and on-demand bus hailing startup, solving public transport system in Nigeria. Shuttle mini-buses 5 seater buses. And the fare is shared. Designated bus stop system where you check available cars, reserve seats and they ride. Launched last year in October. Acquired a Fintech startup WazoMoney and built a marketplace for car owners for insurance and auto parts. The market is fragmented, we are using our numbers as an advantage.
    23 min
  • QPay
    QPay allows freelancers to receive and exchange foreign funds in seconds and helps workers to receive their foreign payments from freelancer sites anywhere in Africa. Fiver, Upwork, Terawork, a foreign virtual account, and a local bank account. Currency exchange, p2p feature to do so within the community. Euros, Pounds virtual account. Pre-launch and we are waitlisting. Partnerships are the only thing left. Launch MVP April. We are focused on Nigerian freelancers for now.
    12 min

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