STARTUP FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Y-Combinator and Tech Crunch Are Accepting Pitches





We know that running a start-up is one of the most uncertain things to do, and one of the big reasons why many startups fail, according to this and this research, and even in this YCombinator article, is either they raised too little funds or too many funds.





But, the most affecting is the lack of funds, which is a result of bootstrapping or little money raised.





And don’t get me wrong, bootstrapping is a great way to start and grow your start-up, and I am a chief evangelist of the bootstrap model. (a story for another day)





Start-up Funding Opportunities:





If you are running a start-up, and you feel the need to raise cash, there are still opportunities to raise funds before the 2018 funding window will shut down.





And as a Christian, you should never shy away from creating a product or services that will benefit the world. After all, God created you after His likeness, and that means you have the creating ability on the inside of you.





You startup should not necessarily be a Christian app or for the church. It should just be what will help man live better.





There are still more to be done before the rapture. So, instead of waiting for the rapture to come and just take you away, think of what you can do.





A churchy person did not create Facebook, yet almost all the Christians and churches you can think of having a dedicated Facebook page and even running Ads on the platform.





The same goes for the popular Slack that you’re using to run communication in your business, was created to make our lives better. Just think of the flying cars, the self-driving cars, platforms where you now order your food and needs from, and if you’re not in town, you can log to a dedicated website to attend church.





All these happened because someone thought of solving a problem for man and help man live better and be better.





What are you doing with the skills and wisdom you’ve got?





There are more opportunities existing in the tech space today and more opportunity to start a company today than it was 20 years ago.





Almost anything you can imagine is being made better using tech – banking, insurance, transportation, even the way we shop our regular market-food-stuffs.













Parts of tech that you can explore:





- Software Engineer/Programmer Software Engineer/Programmer

- Data Analytics Data Analytics

- Big Data Big Data

- Data Science Data Science





And you can decide what you want to do with the tech skills you’ve got. Below are some of my deep interests though.





- Data Analysis Data Analysis

- Flying car Flying car

- Self Driving Car Self Driving Car

- FinTech FinTech

- AdTech AdTech

- EduTech EduTech





Enough of the drifting!





Let’s focus on the money!





Whatever the stage of your startup, there is always a funding opportunity for you. The ranges are diverse – Angel, Seed, Grants, Series A, Series B, IPO etc.





And we are in good hands as there are some open calls to pitch your startup and get an opportunity to receive some funds, that is if you are selected.





Applications for the second TechCrunch Startup Battlefield (Africa, MENA, Latin America), which will hold in Lagos on December 11, is still open. Apply Here





Applications for Y Combinator(YC)'s Winter 2019 funding cycle are still open. Apply Here





Other opportunities:





Y Combinator(YC)'s Startup School is still open . Register

evs, coders and hackers across the world can still apply for the TechCrunch Virtual Hackathon. Register + D







