TunaShare Enterprise & Finance Program
From idea to investment.
The TunaShare Enterprise & Finance Program helps promising entrepreneurs move beyond incubation. We support founders to validate their ideas, strengthen their businesses, prepare for financing and connect them with appropriate financial and strategic partners.
Our role: TunaShare does not replace banks, microfinance institutions or investors. We prepare entrepreneurs and connect them with appropriate financing and partnership opportunities. TunaShare does not provide loans or other regulated financial services.
From idea to investment, step by step.
Six stages that take founders from a first idea to a business ready for finance and growth.
- 01
Discover
Identify promising entrepreneurs and business ideas.
- 02
Incubate
Training, coaching, workspace, peer learning and business development.
- 03
Validate
Test products, customers, business models and market demand.
- 04
Prepare
Business plans, financial projections, documentation, governance and investment readiness.
- 05
Finance
Connect suitable businesses with microfinance institutions, banks, investors, grants and strategic partners.
- 06
Scale
Support growth through partnerships, markets, networks and international opportunities.
How our programs connect
- Youth Innovation Lab
- Incubation
- Enterprise & Finance Program
- Investment Readiness
- External Finance & Partnerships
Built for founders — and those who back them.
Young entrepreneurs
Early-stage founders developing practical solutions for Burundi.
Women entrepreneurs
Supporting women-led businesses and increasing access to entrepreneurship opportunities.
Growing businesses
Businesses that already have traction and need stronger systems, customers, financing or partnerships.
Finance & investment partners
Financial institutions, investors, foundations, corporations and international partners looking for credible entrepreneurship pipelines in Burundi.
An ecosystem, not just an incubator.
We believe entrepreneurship support should not stop at training. A promising entrepreneur needs access to knowledge, networks, customers, appropriate finance and long-term partnerships.
- TunaShare Hub
- Entrepreneurs
- Incubation & Acceleration
- Business Validation
- Investment Readiness
- Finance & Strategic Partners
- Growth & Jobs
Connecting entrepreneurs with finance
Depending on the maturity and needs of each business, TunaShare helps entrepreneurs become better prepared for appropriate financing and introduces relevant opportunities and partners.
- Microfinance institutions
- Banks
- Impact investors
- Angel investors
- Foundations
- Development organisations
- Corporate partners
- Diaspora investors
- Grant and entrepreneurship programs
TunaShare does not replace banks, microfinance institutions or investors. We prepare entrepreneurs and connect them with appropriate financing and partnership opportunities. Funding is never guaranteed.
A structured pipeline to finance.
TunaShare is developing a structured pipeline between entrepreneurship support and access to finance. Our role is to help identify promising entrepreneurs, strengthen their business readiness and facilitate connections with appropriate financial and strategic partners.
Pipeline
Access to entrepreneurs emerging from a structured incubation and acceleration environment.
Readiness
Businesses prepared with stronger models, documentation and financial understanding.
Local knowledge
A locally rooted platform with experience working with young entrepreneurs and partners in Burundi.