A programme, held together by one idea.
African founders deserve a first raise that isn't figured out on the fly. Compass is the runway.
Adaeze Nnamdi
Founder & lead facilitator
I raised $12m across 3 rounds for my first company. Now I teach African founders how to run a proper first raise.
I ran my first company for six years. Two rounds of that were painful — largely because I was making the process up as I went. When I sold it, I promised myself the next 100 African founders I could reach would not have to.
Compass is that promise, on schedule. Two cohorts a year. 24 seats each. Until we hit 1,000 alumni.
- Ex-founder ($12m raised)
- TechCrunch Battlefield finalist 2019
- Investor at a $50m Africa fund
Four principles.
Live, cameras on
Every session is live. Every founder shows up. This is not a course you can binge in one weekend.
24 seats, always
Small enough that we all know each other by Week 2. Big enough for real peer feedback.
Practitioners lead
Every session is led by someone who's raised a round, sat on a board, or written a check this year.
Deliverables, not lectures
Every week ends with a real artifact you can put in front of an investor Monday morning.