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Activa

By Activa Venture Advisors

About Activa Venture Advisors

Encapita Investment Advisory LLP is a growth platform that focuses on providing incubation, mentorship, resources, networking and funding for scaleable FinTech, EduTech & HealthTech firms. We are looking to work with interesting, energizing and fun ventures that will help shape the future.

At Activa, we follow the motto: Start Local. Scale Global.

Do you want to improve your pitch?
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Get Involved

There are plenty of ways to get involved with Activa, even if you aren’t part of our tribe, yet.

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We are looking to work with interesting, energizing and fun ventures that will help shape the future.
Being accepted into an Accelerator means you get access to some of the world’s top coaches, mentors and business minds. You’ll get a period of intense, focused attention that will provide you with the opportunity to learn at a rapid pace.
Why become a mentor? Because becoming a mentor can be rewarding and a great learning experience.
Mentoring can be an opportunity to give back to the community or for your own personal development, expanding your network and learning new skills, or simply for the satisfaction of supporting others as they develop.
Whether you’re an Angel Investor, Venture Capitalist, High Net Worth Individual or Institution – you can join us on this journey of growth.
If you’re interested in discussing investment in our platform or finding out more about upcoming demo days, please get in touch.
If you’d like to sponsor one of our high profile events or even our programs, please reach out to us. If you’d like to offer your product/service to our ventures, please check out the Partners section to see what we’re looking for.
We believe in partnerships. It’s the new modus operandi. In order to be successful, we partner with the best in their field. Would you like to partner with us?

Technology Partner – Does your software or platform enable businessses to work efficiently? Let’s work together to provide the best experience for all business owners. We are looking to grow our partner ecosystem to provide value to our startups.

Referral Partner – Are you a thought leader with a large audience where capital is critical for growth? Let’s talk about how we can redefine the way entrepreneurs gain access to capital and grow their businesses.

Stripe Atlas (Company Incorporation, Payment Gateway & US Bank Account)
Encapita Investment Advisory is a part of the Stripe Atlas Network – a network of over 200 of the world’s top accelerators, investors, and companies helping founders build global companies.

Stripe Atlas gives entrepreneurs access to the basic building blocks for starting a global internet business. Atlas helps entrepreneurs incorporate a company in the U.S., open a U.S. bank account, and set up a Stripe account to accept payments from around the world.

What do startups get with Stripe Atlas?

  • Company incorporation (C Corporation incorporated in Delaware)
    • Signed Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Board Consent
    • IRS Employer Identification Number (EIN)
    • Quick access to a bank account with Silicon Valley Bank
    • Free templates for common startup post-incorporation legal needs
  • Stripe account and access to the full Stripe product suite and:
    • Special offers on startup services
    • Up to $5,000 of free credits from Amazon Web Services
    • $350 for post-incorporation legal advice
    • $1,000 for tax return preparation
    • Free consultation with lawyer and an accountant
    • Flat-rate packages for post-incorporation legal advice and tax return preparation

A $500 one-time fee covers: Incorporation, first year of registered agent fees, Employer Identification Number.

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Hubspot For Startups (CRM, Inbound Marketing, Customer Service)

We’re excited to partner with the HubSpot for Startups program to provide their marketing, sales, and customer service software and educational resources to eligible startups — at a startup friendly cost!

HubSpot is a software platform that helps you generate leads, close deals, manage your pipeline, and delight your customers. HubSpot offers a suite of products for customer relationship management (CRM), content management (CMS), marketing, sales, and customer service: powerful alone, and even better when used together.

  • HubSpot’s free CRM aligns sales, content management, marketing, and customer service with ease
  • Sales Hub helps you skyrocket your productivity and close more leads with less work
  • HubSpot CMS combines the power of website creation with HubSpot’s CRM to customize the entire buyer’s journey, streamline marketing and sales alignment, and deliver true closed-loop marketing
  • Marketing Hub helps you grow your traffic and convert more visitors into leads and customers
  • Service Hub helps you streamline customer service and turn your customers into promoters by helping them succeed
  • And the Growth Suite bundles and fully integrates all of the software above so that your teams, tools, and data are always connected, so your startup can grow better and faster
Free CRM + 90% off HubSpot’s Entire Growth Suite of Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service Software for Eligible Seed-Stage Startups
Apply for the HubSpot for Startups Seed-Stage Program

Discover how HubSpot can help your startup grow with integrated CRM, marketing, sales, and customer service software and education without breaking the bank. Learn how you can qualify, and apply today.

If you’re eligible, you get:

  • HubSpot CRM to manage your contacts, leads pipeline, and customers
  • 90% off all HubSpot software, for the first 12 months, and 50% off for the next 12 months (Up to $40,000 savings over 2 years)
  • Startup Onboarding with tech set-up and training (one-time $300 cost), dedicated strategy consulting, and round-the-clock support
  • Access to world-class inbound marketing, sales, and customer service training, education, and experts
  • HubSpot Connect so you can build integrations with HubSpot that will increase your startup’s efficiency
Startups must meet the following eligibility criteria in order to qualify for the HubSpot for Startups Seed-Stage program:
  • Less than $2 million in funding
  • Current participant or alumni of a HubSpot for Startups partner incubator, accelerator, or VC
  • Not an existing HubSpot Professional or Enterprise customer

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Free CRM + 50% off HubSpot’s Entire Growth Suite of Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service Software for Eligible Series A Startups
Apply for the HubSpot for Startups Series A Program

Discover how HubSpot can help your startup grow with integrated CRM, marketing, sales, and customer service software and education without breaking the bank. Learn how you can qualify, and apply today.

If you’re eligible, you’ll get:

  • HubSpot CRM to manage your contacts, leads pipeline, and customers
  • 50% off HubSpot software, for the first 12 months, and 25% off for the next 12 months (Average $28,800 savings over 2 years)
  • Executive mentorship to help grow your business
  • Startup Onboarding with tech set-up and training, dedicated strategy consulting, and round-the-clock support
  • Access to world-class inbound marketing, sales, and customer service training, education, and experts
  • HubSpot Connect so you can build integrations with HubSpot that will increase your startup’s efficiency
Startups must meet the following eligibility criteria in order to qualify for the HubSpot for Startups Series A program:
  • Must have received Series A funding from our network of VC firms in the Series A program
  • Must apply and purchase within 12 months of Series A funding date
  • Not an existing HubSpot Basic, Professional, or Enterprise customer
  • Must show proof of funding date (e.g. SEC filing)

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WeWork (Co-working Space)
We are currently negotiating a partnership with them, more details to be added soon.
Encapita Investment Advisory (Raising Capital Consulting)
Despite what image TechCrunch may present, raising capital is a lot harder than it looks.

While the chance of getting funded is around 2% on average, the actual numbers are lower. Sorry to burst your dream bubble, but as per a study by First Round Capital – of the 3,000 business plans they looked at, they only invested in 21 – that’s a hit rate of 0.7% for companies that pitched. Accel Partners, received 10,000 business plans and invested in only 10 – that’s a 0.1% hit rate.

Last year FRC looked at 3000 business plans and invested in 21– roughly a 0.7% hit rate for the companies that pitched.Kent Goldman, First Round Capital
A typical $100m venture capital firm receives at least 1,500 business plans per year. Of those, about 100 (6.7%) will be invited to meet with the partners. Perhaps 50 (3.3%) will result in serious due diligence, 10 (0.7%) of them will be offered a term sheet, of which 5 (0.3%) of them will ultimately obtain funding.David Blumberg, Blumberg Capital

Let’s just say 0.25% of 1 in 400 companies get venture capital funding, and 10x (2.5%) that get angel funding even though the number of deals seen are higher with angel investors.

Raising money or capital is a time-consuming process. Not just time, but in many cases, effort and emotion as well. It could take anywhere from 3 – 6 months full-time effort for a successful round of financing. Quite often, it can be a distraction for business owners and founders, especially if you’re a startup and you need to focus on building your company.

We can help. We developed The Pitch Process Framework for this purpose. In the past, we’ve launched companies, scaled companies and sold companies.

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