SME Upraise
Business Accelerator Program
Amplifying SMEs growth in Emerging Markets
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) comprise over 90% of the business in the world. These companies represent a significant source of jobs, innovation, and economic growth in developed and developing countries. While more than half of small companies will perish before their fifth year, those that survive become the backbone of our regional economies. Accelerating SMEs requires a different approach.
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SME Upraise
The SME Upraise is dedicated to empowering SMEs by providing tailored mentorship, access to social capital, and key business know-how to help enterprises achieve sustainable growth. This program focuses on fostering innovation, improving operational efficiency, and scaling market presence within 6–12 months.
SME Upraise was designed to foster innovation, sales growth and job creation in SMEs that have survived their early growth stages. The six-month program upskills SMEs founders so they can formally plan for growth through a customized curriculum and the guidance of specialized mentors. All the learning experiences focus on the challenges SMEs face as they design and implement a scalable business operation.
Specific Objectives
30%
SMEs achieve revenue growth within the program period
75%
SMEs complete a detailed business growth plan
50+
New jobs within the program period
Data Collection
The accelerator program includes a pre and post data gathering process, which boosts its capability to further customize the learning experiences and accurately reports outputs and outcomes. The model followed by SME Upraise is based on academic research and data gathered from previous impacted cohorts in multiple countries.
Success Stories
Over 50%
participants increase sales revenues
Average of 2.6
new jobs per company [1]
Over 50%
participants increase in profits
Over 90%
overcame some or all the challenges they were facing
Timeline and milestones
Month 1 - Month 3
Recruitment & Onboarding of Participants [2]
Month 4 - Month 7
Curriculum / 6 Workshops & 5 Mentoring Sessions
Month 8 - Month 9
Growth Plan Development & Demo Day
[1] 228 new jobs / 89 companies in the sample
[2] Client will be responsible for recruitment and onboarding of participants and pricing is exclusive of this
