Shecluded - Growth Gateway

Shecluded is a fintech that leverages technology to offer women-led businesses simple access to formal credit, business education and community support
Based in Nigeria, Shecluded has provided formal credit to 500+ women-led businessesand plans to expand their regional reach
Addresses systemic financial exclusion by designing trust-focused products tailored to the unique needs of female business owners

The pitchbook revealed inconsistencies and lacked clarity on historical performance and the business model
The business plan lacked clarity inarticulating future growth drivers and provided limited evidence to support key assumptions

The deal accelerator gave me the guidance and support I needed to elevate my pitch to investors

Ifeoma Uddoh

CEO and Founder, Shecluded

Provided crucial support in revenue and business model clarification

Built a bottom-up revenue model and validated growth drivers and target customer segments
Refined the pitchbook to align with investor expectations
Guided founder through pitch delivery and investor targeting
Assessed that Shecluded drives significant women’s economic empowerment impact across leadership, employment, end-user, and supply chain indicators

We are now integrating the customer segmentation developed through the deal accelerator into our marketing and growth strategy

Ifeoma Uddoh

CEO and Founder, Shecluded

Introductions facilitated with investors

Women entrepreneurs receiving business training

Businesses moved from informal to formal

Women entrepreneurs financed to date

Delivered ready-to-use, data-driven pitchbook to facilitate investor conversations
Introduced 9 potential investors focused on funding women-led African Fintechs like Shecluded