A 6-week live cohort. In detail.
Every session, every deliverable, every seat left. Everything you need to decide whether to apply.
Six weeks, twelve sessions.
Each week has a live session Tuesday and Thursday, plus 2–3 hours of homework. Every week ends with something you can put in front of an investor.
Getting your story straight
The three things every investor deck must do in the first 90 seconds — and how to write them for your specific business.
The market slide, done properly
How to size your market with rigour — not TAM-SAM-SOM theatre — and how to frame it for African fund managers.
Metrics that matter
The five metrics that actually move investors in 2026, how to compute them from messy real-world data, and how to present them.
Building your investor pipeline
Sourcing, tracking and running 40+ investor conversations in parallel without losing your mind or your product velocity.
The meeting itself
How to run a first meeting, when to say no, how to close a term sheet, and everything in between. With live role-play.
Terms, close, and beyond
Term sheets, cap tables, safe notes vs priced rounds — and life after the round.
Who's in the room with you.
Ex-founder of a healthtech company that raised $12m across seed to Series A. Now investing part-time at a $50m Africa fund.
10 years investing in African startups. Sits on the boards of 14 companies. Leads Week 4 & 6.
Ran finance through a $28m Series B raise. Leads the metrics week and the cap-table workshop.
YC alum, closed a $6m seed with 40+ term sheets across 12 weeks. Leads the investor-pipeline week.
Upcoming cohorts.
We run two cohorts a year. Applications open ~90 days before each one starts.
180 founders in the network.
“I closed a $2m seed 11 weeks after graduating. The Compass framework got me there.”
“Went into the cohort with a napkin deck. Left with 40 investor meetings booked.”
“The best money I ever spent on my company. Full stop.”
“Six weeks. One raise. A cohort I'm still in touch with two years later.”
“The metrics week alone was worth 10x the price.”
“I came in nervous about the round. I left with a signed term sheet.”
Common questions.
African founders raising their first serious round — anywhere from $500k pre-seed to a $5m seed. You should be full-time on the company, past MVP, and planning to raise inside 6 months.
Applications close soon.
9 seats left · $4,500 tuition · payment plans available.